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US 8,803,692 B2Granted
Docking system and apparatus to track and stimulate an animal
AssigneeRadio Systems Corporation
InventorsBrent Andrew Goetzl, Aaron Russell
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Abstract
A system and apparatus to track and control an animal, including a tracking unit to track the animal, and a stimulus unit to provide a stimulus to the animal, wherein the tracking unit and stimulus unit are configured to be removably coupled together, and the tracking unit and/or stimulus unit communicate with a common control device.
Claims31
An animal tracking and control apparatus, comprising:
- a tracking unit for tracking an animal;
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- a stimulus unit to provide a stimulus to the animal, wherein the tracking unit and stimulus unit are configured to removably couple with each other, wherein a first unit of the tracking unit and the stimulus unit is affixed to an animal encircling device;
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- a common control device remote to the tracking unit and the stimulus unit, configured to communicate with the tracking unit using a first channel and to communicate with the stimulus unit using a second channel, wherein the common control device communicates with the first unit, wherein the first channel is different than the second channel.
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A system to track and control an animal comprising,
- a tracking unit for tracking an animal;
- a stimulus unit for providing a stimulus to the animal, wherein the tracking unit and stimulus unit are configured to removably couple together, wherein a first unit of the tracking and stimulus units is affixed to an animal encircling device;
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- a control device configured to communicate with the tracking unit using a first channel and configured to communicate with the stimulus unit using a second channel, wherein the control device communicates with the first unit, wherein the first channel is different than the second channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.