Systems and methods for monitoring movement of disease field

1. A method for monitoring movement of disease across agricultural areas of interest comprising:

displaying, on a map of an application of a first device, at least one virtual zone corresponding to an agricultural geographic area of interest,

the at least one virtual zone defined by at least one geofence,

each virtual zone associated with a level of risk that indicates a likelihood of an outbreak of a disease detrimental to agriculture within the agricultural area of interest,

each virtual zone configured to receive access notification information from each geofence when tracked devices enter an area defined by that geofence,

the access information including the level of risk associated with the tracked devices, and

the level of risk associated with the virtual zone comprising a level of risk associated with the tracked devices that have entered an area defined by the virtual zone within a period of time associated with the disease; and

receiving an alert message associated with a level of risk when the first device is in proximity to a virtual zone associated with that level of risk, the alert message received prior to the first device entering the virtual zone.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

defining, at a virtual zone generator, the at least one virtual zone, each virtual zone corresponding to a location for the agricultural geographic area of interest;

receiving a plurality of raw data sets from a plurality of tracking devices, each tracking device corresponding to a vector or fomite that has the potential to carry a disease detrimental to agriculture, each raw data set corresponding to a tracking device and comprising an identification code identifying the tracking device, a timestamp corresponding to the time the raw data was generated by the tracking device, and location information for the tracking device, said first device comprising one of the plurality of tracking devices; and

generating disease movement data, at a disease movement monitor, by correlating the raw data sets to the at least one virtual zone to detect movement of the tracking devices within, between and across the at least one virtual zone.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

assigning a level of risk to each vector or fomite, wherein the level of risk provides an indication of a likelihood of carrying the disease detrimental to agriculture.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving real-time disease data, wherein the disease data identifies a disease outbreak at one or more locations, and a time period for the disease outbreak;

determining one or more virtual zones corresponding to the one or more locations;

determining whether any of the tracking devices were located in the one or more virtual zones within the time period using the timestamps and location information of the raw data sets; and

updating the disease movement data using the disease data and data for any tracking devices that were determined to be located in the one or more virtual zones within the time period.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving disease data, wherein the disease data identifies a disease outbreak at one or more locations, and a time period for the disease outbreak;

determining that the virtual zone with the access infrastructure corresponds to the one or more locations;

determining that a tracking device is approaching the virtual zone with the access infrastructure; and

controlling, at an access controller, the access infrastructure to deny entry into the virtual zone of the vector or fomite corresponding to the approaching tracking device.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving real-time data feeds, wherein the data feeds identify one or more locations, and a time period;

determining one or more virtual zones corresponding to the one or more locations;

determining disease data from the data feeds and the one or more virtual zones; and

updating the disease movement data using the disease data.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alert message is associated with a profile associated with the first device, the alert message including quantitative information pertaining to the level of risk, the quantitative information including a protocol to be followed once devices having said profile enter the area.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a level of risk for one of the virtual zones is received by the application from another application.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a level of risk for one of the virtual zones is assigned by the application based on information received from another application.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alert message is displayed prior to the first device entering the virtual zone and indicates a warning to not enter the virtual zone.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alert message is displayed when the first device enters the virtual zone.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising receiving a report of zones at which the first device has visited over a period of time, each visited zone corresponding to one of the at least one virtual zone, said report including at least one of:

a property identifier for each visited zone;

a date when the first device entered each visited zone;

a time when the first device entered each visited zone;

a date when the first device exited each visited zone; and

a time when the first device exited each visited zone.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the information pertaining to said visited zones further comprises a log of visited zones, wherein at least one of:

the log of visited zones comprises virtual zones not identified as having a disease outbreak;

the log of visited zones comprises at least one virtual zone assigned a level of risk indicating a likelihood of having a disease outbreak; and

the log of visited zones comprises at least one virtual zone identified as having a disease outbreak.

14. A system for monitoring movement of disease across agricultural areas of interest, the system comprising an application on a first device configured to:

display on a map at least one virtual zone corresponding to an agricultural geographic area of interest,

the at least one virtual zone defined by at least one geofence,

each virtual zone associated with a level of risk that indicates a likelihood of an outbreak of a disease detrimental to agriculture within the agricultural area of interest,

each virtual zone configured to receive access notification information from each geofence when tracked devices enter an area defined by that geofence,

the access information including the level of risk associated with the tracked devices, and

the level of risk associated with the virtual zone comprising a level of risk associated with the tracked devices that have entered an area defined by the virtual zone within a period of time associated with the disease; and

receive an alert message associated with a level of risk when the first device is in proximity to a virtual zone associated with that level of risk, the alert message received prior to the first device entering the virtual zone.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising:

one or more processors coupled to one or more data storage devices configured to comprise:

a virtual zone generator configured to define the at least one virtual zone, each virtual zone corresponding to a location of the agricultural geographic area of interest;

a data collector configured to receive and process a plurality of raw data sets from a plurality of tracking devices, each tracking device corresponding to a vector or fomite that has the potential to carry a disease detrimental to agriculture, each raw data set corresponding to a tracking device and comprising an identification code identifying the tracking device, a timestamp corresponding to the time the raw data was generated by the tracking device, and location information for the tracking device, said first device comprising one of the plurality of tracking devices; and

a disease movement monitor configured to generate disease movement data, using the disease movement monitor, by correlating the raw data sets to the virtual zones to detect movement of the tracking devices within, between or across the virtual zones.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

a tracking module configured to assign a level of risk to each vector or fomite, wherein the level of risk provides an indication of a likelihood of carrying the disease detrimental to agriculture.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the disease movement monitor is further configured to:

receive real-time disease data, wherein the disease data identifies a disease outbreak at one or more locations, and a time period for the disease outbreak;

determine one or more virtual zones corresponding to the one or more locations;

determine whether any of the tracking devices were located in the one or more virtual zones within the time period using the timestamps and location information of the raw data sets; and

update the disease movement data using the disease data and data for any tracking devices that were determined to be located in the one or more virtual zones within the time period.

18. The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

an access controller coupled to an access infrastructure for a virtual zone;

wherein the disease movement monitor is further configured to:

receive disease data, wherein the disease data identifies a disease outbreak at one or more locations, and a time period for the disease outbreak;

determine that the virtual zone with the access infrastructure corresponds to the one or more locations; and

determine that a tracking device is approaching the virtual zone with the access infrastructure; and

wherein the access controller controls the access infrastructure to deny entry into the virtual zone of the vector or fomite corresponding to the approaching tracking device.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the data collector is further configured to:

receive and preprocess real-time data feeds, wherein the data feeds identify one or more locations, and a time period; and

wherein the disease movement monitor is further configured to:

determine one or more virtual zones corresponding to the one or more locations;

determine disease data from the data feeds and the one or more virtual zones; and

update the disease movement data using the disease data.

20. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the alert message is associated with a profile associated with the first device, the alert message including quantitative information pertaining to the level of risk, the quantitative information including a protocol to be followed once devices having said profile enter the area.

21. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a level of risk for one of the virtual zones is received from another application.

22. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a level of risk for one of the virtual zones is assigned based on information received from another application.

23. The system as claimed in claim 14 , further configured to display the alert message prior to the first device entering the virtual zone and indicates a warning to not enter the virtual zone.

24. The system as claimed in claim 14 , further configured to display the alert message when the first device enters the virtual zone.

25. The system as claimed in claim 14 , further configured to receive a report of zones at which the first device has visited over a period of time, each visited zone corresponding to one of the at least one virtual zone, said report including at least one of:

a property identifier for each visited zone;

a date when the first device entered each visited zone;

a time when the first device entered each visited zone;

a date when the first device exited each visited zone; and

a time when the first device exited each visited zone.

26. The system as claimed in claim 25 , wherein the information pertaining to said visited zones further comprises a log of visited zones, wherein at least one of:

the log of visited zones comprises virtual zones not identified as having a disease outbreak;

the log of visited zones comprises at least one virtual zone assigned a level of risk indicating a likelihood of having a disease outbreak; and

the log of visited zones comprises at least one virtual zone identified as having a disease outbreak.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for monitoring movement of disease across agricultural areas of interest, the method comprising:

displaying, on a map of an application of a first device, at least one virtual zone corresponding to an agricultural geographic area of interest,

the at least one virtual zone defined by at least one geofence,

each virtual zone associated with a level of risk that indicates a likelihood of an outbreak of a disease detrimental to agriculture within the agricultural area of interest,

each virtual zone configured to receive access notification information from each geofence when tracked devices enter an area defined by that geofence,

the access information including the level of risk associated with the tracked devices, and

the level of risk associated with the virtual zone comprising a level of risk associated with the tracked devices that have entered an area defined by the virtual zone within a period of time associated with the disease; and

receiving an alert message associated with a level of risk when the first device is in proximity to a virtual zone associated with that level of risk, the alert message received prior to the first device entering the virtual zone.