IP Library Granted Patent US 11,779,224
Granted Patent B2
US 11,779,224 · App. 17/144,335 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Livestock health monitoring system and method of use

Inventors: John M. Greer (Dallas, TX); Richard Arelin Crider, Jr. (Dripping Springs, TX); Alvin Cecil Fults (Amarillo, TX)
Assignee: FeverTags, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,779,224
App. No.
17/144,335
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An animal wellness notification system includes an attachment body configured to securely engage with an ear of the animal; an elongated temperature probe secured to the attachment body and configured to extend within the ear of the animal; a housing secured to the attachment body; a power module electrically connect to and configured to provide power to (or recharge) at least one other element of the animal wellness notification system; a computer disposed within the housing and operably associated with the temperature probe; and a notification device in data communication with the computer, the notification device being configured to provide notice if a temperature of the animal goes beyond a determined.

Claims (37)

1. An animal wellness notification system, comprising:

an attachment body configured to securely engage with an animal's ear;

a housing secured to the attachment body;

a temperature monitoring component;

a communication module, wherein the communication module is configured to communicate wirelessly with a remote device;

a notification device, wherein the notification device is configured to provide notice; and

a computer, wherein the computer is configured to:

receive a selected temperature range from a user;

receive a selected time duration from the user;

receive, subsequent to receive the selected temperature range and receive the selected time duration, temperature data from the temperature monitoring component;

determine whether an animal's temperature is outside the selected temperature range; and

cause notice-related information to be provided upon the animal's temperature remaining outside the selected temperature range for the selected time duration.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a power module electrically connected to and configured to provide power to at least one other component of the animal wellness notification system.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a charging component.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the attachment body comprises a male attachment component and a female attachment component.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the male attachment component and the female attachment component are both integrated into the housing.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein an engagement of the male attachment component and the female attachment component secures the attachment body to the animal's ear and wherein the attachment body cannot be re-secured to the animal's ear subsequent to removal from the animal's ear.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the temperature monitoring component is integrated into the male attachment component, the female attachment component, the housing, or combinations thereof.

8. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a power module electrically connected to and configured to provide power to at least one other component of the animal wellness notification system.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a charging component.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication module is configured to communicate with an external computing device.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected temperature range is a temperature threshold.

12. The system of claim 3 , wherein the charging component is incorporated into the attachment body.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the charging component is incorporated into the male attachment component, the female attachment component, or combinations thereof.

14. The system of claim 3 , wherein the charging component is located on a frontside of the animal's ear, on a backside of the animal's ear, or combinations thereof.

15. The system of claim 3 , wherein the charging component utilizes solar energy to provide electrical energy to the power module.

16. An animal wellness notification system, comprising:

a temperature monitor configured to generate temperature data;

a computer configured to receive user predetermined and user set parameters, wherein the computer is also configured to determine, subsequent to receive user predetermined and user set parameters, whether a user predetermined and user set parameter is breached, wherein the user predetermined and user set parameter comprises data related to health conditions, wherein health conditions comprise behavior, temperature, time, an animal's temperature remaining outside a selected temperature range for a selected time duration, or combinations thereof, and wherein the computer is further configured to record a relationship between the temperature data and the time; and

a notification device in data communication with the computer, wherein the notification device is configured to provide notice when the user predetermined and user set parameter is breached.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:

a power module electrically connected to and configured to provide power to at least one other component of the animal wellness notification system; and

a charging component, wherein the charging component utilizes solar energy to provide electrical energy to the power module.

18. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:

a transmitter configured to wirelessly communicate that the user predetermined and user set parameter is breached to an external computing device.

19. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:

a transmitter configured to wirelessly communicate the temperature data with the computer, wherein the computer is a remote computer and the remote computer is configured to determine if the temperature data indicates that the animal's temperature remained outside a selected temperature range for a selected time duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2023
From: GREER, JOHN M.; CRIDER, RICHARD ARELIN, JR; FULTS, ALVIN CECIL
To: FEVERTAGS LLC
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Continuity (11)
Continuation 16544685 · Aug 19, 2019
Continuation In Part 16439518 · Jun 12, 2019
Continuation 15440793 · Feb 23, 2017
Continuation 14879407 · Oct 9, 2015
Continuation In Part PCTUS2017019464 · Feb 24, 2017
Continuation 15440793 · Feb 23, 2017
Continuation In Part 14879407 · Oct 9, 2015
Continuation In Part 14879407 · Oct 9, 2015
Provisional Application 62337400 · May 17, 2016
Provisional Application 62102416 · Jan 12, 2015
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