Farming Data Collection and Exchange System
AssigneeFarmobile, LLC
InventorsJason G. TATGE, Heath Garret GERLOCK, Randall Thomas NUSS
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a passive relay device for farming vehicles and implements, as well as an online farming data exchange, which together enable capturing, processing and sharing farming operation data generated during combined use of the farming vehicle and farming implement at a farming business. The farming operation data includes detailed information about individual farming operations, including without limitation the type of farming operation, the location of the farming operation, the travel path for the farming operation, as well as operating parameters and operating events occurring while the farming operation is performed.
Claims7
A server system for collecting and processing farming operation data for a farming business, the server system comprising:
- (a) a database configured to store a user account and an electronic farming record for the farming business, the electronic farming record including entries representing farming operations performed at the farming business and descriptions of farming operation land segments for said farming operations;
- (b) a plurality of implement profiles on the server system, each of which is associated with a respective known farming implement, the implement profiles each defining a known manufacturer code, a known device class, a known version and a known communication protocol for the respective known farming implement associated therewith;
- (c) a farm traffic controller configured to receive and store in the database messages produced by a remote relay device associated with the user account, the messages comprising geo-location data, time data and electronic control unit messages generated by a farming implement while said farming implement is used at the farming business to perform a new farming operation;
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- (d) a parameter extraction program that:
- (i) determines a farming operation land segment for the farming operation based on one of the plurality of implement profiles, the geo-location data, the time data and electronic control unit messages, and
- (ii) creates a new entry in the electronic farming record for the farming business, the new entry including an identifier for the farming operation and a description of the farming operation land segment for the farming operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.