Systems, methods, and program products for digital pet identification
AssigneeIckovic & Bliss, Inc.
InventorThomas S. Ickovic
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Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying and tracking pets by use of a pet identification tag or image recognition techniques are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, a mobile computing device communicates with a pet identification tag over a near-field communication link and a remote server over a wireless communication link. The mobile computing device is configured to identify a pet based on a unique identifier for the tag and/or to provide an image of a pet to the remote server, and to download information about the pet from the remote server using the unique identifier or pet image.
Claims33
A system for identifying information associated with a pet, the system comprising:
- (A) one or more wireless communication devices each associated with a corresponding one of one or more pets, each of the one or more wireless communication devices having a unique identifier, each of the one or more wireless communication devices comprising a quick response (QR) code encoded with the unique identifier for the wireless communication device;
- (B) one or more databases having stored thereon information comprising:
1) the one or more unique identifiers, where each of the one or more unique identifiers is associated with a corresponding one of the one or more wireless communication devices;
1) receiving a first request from a mobile device, the first request comprising one of the one or more unique identifiers as deciphered from the QR code of one of the one or more wireless communication devices using the mobile device;
1) the one or more unique identifiers, where each of the one or more unique identifiers is associated with a corresponding one of the one or more wireless communication devices;
1) receiving a first request from a mobile device, the first request comprising one of the one or more unique identifiers as deciphered from the NFC tag of one of the one or more wireless communication devices using the mobile device;
2) pet information related to each of the one or more unique identifiers, the pet information comprising one or more of the following:
- images of the corresponding pet, contact information associated with the corresponding pet, environmental conditions associated with the corresponding pet, behavior of the corresponding pet, and medical history of the corresponding pet;
- (C) one or more processors;
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- (D) a non-transitory computer readable memory operatively connected to the one or more processors and having stored thereon machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
2) identifying a pet based on the received unique identifier, the step of identifying comprising:
- (i) comparing the unique identifier to the one or more unique identifiers within the one or more databases;
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- (ii) identifying a match between the unique identifier and one of the unique identifiers within the one or more databases so as to identify the pet as one of the pets associated with the unique identifier;
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2) pet information related to each of the one or more unique identifiers, the pet information comprising one or more of the following:
- images of the corresponding pet, contact information associated with the corresponding pet, environmental conditions associated with the corresponding pet, behavior of the corresponding pet, and medical history of the corresponding pet;
- (C) one or more processors;
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- (D) a non-transitory computer readable memory operatively connected to the one or more processors and having stored thereon machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
2) identifying a pet based on the received unique identifier, the step of identifying comprising:
- (i) comparing the unique identifier to the one or more unique identifiers within the one or more databases;
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- (ii) identifying a match between the unique identifier and one of the unique identifiers within the one or more databases so as to identify the pet as one of the pets associated with the unique identifier;
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3) sending, to the mobile device, a first response, the step of sending comprising:
- (i) accessing, from the one or more databases, pet information corresponding to the one of the one or more unique identifiers associated with the pet;
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- (ii) sending at least some of the accessed pet information to the mobile device.
3) sending, to the mobile device, a first response, the step of sending comprising:
- (i) accessing, from the one or more databases, pet information corresponding to the one of the one or more unique identifiers associated with the pet;
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- (ii) sending at least some of the accessed pet information to the mobile device.
A system for identifying information associated with a pet, the system comprising:
- (A) one or more wireless communication devices each associated with a corresponding one of one or more pets, each of the one or more wireless communication devices having a unique identifier, each of the one or more wireless communication devices comprising a near field communication (NFC) tag encoded with the unique identifier for the wireless communication device;
- (B) one or more databases having stored thereon information comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.