System and method for applying an animal identification tag
OwnerHogan Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A system and method applying an animal identification tag, wherein a unique identification code is automatically read from the identification tag and wherein, upon application of the tag to an animal, time/date information relating to the application is also automatically read.
Claims17
A method for recording information relating to the attachment of an EID to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- determining a unique identification code associated with the EID;
- attaching the EID to the animal, thereby associating the unique identification code with the animal;
- responsive to attaching the EID to the animal, automatically determining time/date information indicating when the EID was attached to the animal;
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- associating the time/date information with the unique identification code.
A system for recording information relating to the attachment of an EID to an animal, comprising an applicator, the applicator functional to automatically detect a unique identification code of the EID temporarily placed in proximity thereto, the applicator further functional to automatically detect, upon actuation of the applicator and a resulting attachment of the EID to an animal, time/date information relating to the resulting attachment, the applicator still further functional to transmit the unique identification code and the time/date information to a database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.