US 2020/0367471 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING A PLURALITY OF ANIMALS WITH A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system for tracking near-field communication (NFC)-enabled animals with a portable computing device (PCD) (i.e. mobile phone) may include providing an NFC-tag comprising memory in which the memory contains a unique identifier. The NFC-tag may be coupled to an animal and then the NFC-tag may be scanned with the PCD. A tag identification server may determine if data from the NFC-tag exists in a database and then transmits an animal production facility identifier and one or more animal records associated with data from the NFC-tag from the tag identification server if the data from the NFC-tag exists in the database. Access to a secure memory area on the portable computing device containing a complete set of animal records for an entire animal facility may be granted if the software identifier matches the animal production facility identifier received from the tag identification server.

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A computer-implemented method for tracking near-field communication (NFC)-enabled animals with a portable computing device (PCD), the computer-implemented method comprising:

providing an NFC-tag comprising memory, the memory containing a unique identifier;
coupling the NFC-tag to an animal;
scanning the NFC-tag with the PCD;
the PCD receiving tag information from the scan, the tag information comprising the unique identifier and a universal resource locater;
the PCD transmitting the URL over a communications network to a domain name service computer server;
the domain name service computer server transmitting over the communications network to the PCD an internet protocol address of a NFC-tag identification server assigned to the URL that was part of the tag information;
the PCD transmitting the tag info from the scan over the communications network to the NFC-tag identification server;
if the NFC-tag identification server is available, the NFC-tag identification server receives tag info and then transmits a message comprising a link to an on-line store where animal management software that may communicate with the NFC-tag may be purchased.

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Method and system for tracking a plurality of animals with a portable computing device

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