Systems and Methods for Determining Data Relating to an Animal Based on Prioritized Information
AssigneeHill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
InventorsSusan WERNIMONT, Jodi VONDRAN, Robin THOMPSON
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for tracking an animal comprising—for example: an electronic device configured to be implanted within an animal and comprising: one or more sensors configured to determine information relating to the animal; a memory device configured to store the information relating to the animal; a communication interface configured to wirelessly and transcutaneously communicate the information to an external device according to predetermined priority rules; and a battery device for providing power to at least one of the one or more sensors or the communication interface.
Claims20
A system for tracking an animal comprising:
- an electronic device configured to be implanted within an animal and comprising:
- (a) one or more sensors configured to determine information relating to the animal;
- (b) a memory device configured to store the information relating to the animal;
- (c) a communication interface configured to wirelessly and transcutaneously communicate the information to an external device according to predetermined priority rules;
- and
- (d) a battery device for providing power to at least one of the one or more sensors or the communication interface.
A method for tracking an animal comprising:
- implanting an electronic device within an animal, the electronic device comprising:
- (a) one or more sensors configured to determine the information relating to the animal;
- (b) a memory device operably coupled to the one or more sensors;
- (c) a communication interface operably coupled to the one or more sensors or the memory device;
- and
- (d) a battery device for providing power to at least one of the one or more sensors or the communication interface determining, using the one or more sensors, information relating to the animal;
- storing, by the memory device, the information relating to the animal;
- and
- wirelessly and transcutaneously communicating, by the communication interface, the information relating to the animal to an external device according to predetermined priority rules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.