IP Library Granted Patent US 12,340,885
Granted Patent B2
US 12,340,885 · App. 17/455,790 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Computerized systems and methods for livestock management

Inventors: Nicholas P. Rettedal (Berthoud, CO); Matheus Dasuke (College Station, TX)
Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC
G16H20/10G16H10/60
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Patent No.
US 12,340,885
App. No.
17/455,790
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a treatment substance to an animal. A server may receive from a user computing device an indication of the animal to be treated. The server may access an indication of a treatment substance to be provided to the animal and receive from the user computing device, a first current location of the user computing device. The server may determine that the first current location of the user computing device is more than a threshold distance from an expected location of the animal and, based on the determining that the first current location of the user computing device is more than a threshold distance from the expected location of the animal, send an alert message to an administrative user device.

Claims (18)

1. A computerized system for providing a treatment substance to an animal, the system comprising:

one or more user computing devices having a user computing device graphical user interface for accepting user input, a user computing device processor, Global Positioning System (GPS) device, and instructions stored on non-transitory machine-readable medium executable to: i) determine and send a first current location of the user computing device and ii) send treatment data entered through the user computing device graphical user interface; wherein treatment data is entered through the user computing device at the time treatment is administered to an animal;

a livestock management server having at least one processor, and instructions stored on non-transitory machine-readable medium executable to: i) receive from a first of the one of the one or more user computing devices, an indication of the animal to be treated; ii) access an indication of a treatment substance to be provided to the animal; iii) receive from the first user computing device, a first current location iv) determine that the first current location of the first user computing device is more than a threshold distance from an expected location of the animal and v) generate an alert when the threshold distance is exceeded, wherein in response to an alert the location of the animal and the treatment administered are verified.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

the user computing device graphical interface comprising:

a treatment substance data entry field for receiving treatment data describing the treatment substance to be provided to the animal; and

an initiate input element selectable by a user of the user computing device to prompt the user computing device to perform operations comprising:

determining the first current location of the user computing device; and

sending the treatment data to the at least one processor, the treatment data received via the treatment substance data entry field; and

sending the first current location of the user computing device to the at least one processor.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the treatment substance comprises graphical code data received from a treatment substance container.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the animal comprises data received from an in vivo bolus associated with the animal.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an animal treatment data block using the indication of the treatment substance and the first current location of the user computing device; and

adding the animal treatment data block to an animal treatment blockchain data structure.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising sending an alert message to an administrative user device based on the determination that the first current location of the user computing device is more than the threshold distance from the expected location of the animal, wherein the alert message describes the treatment substance, the first current location of the user computing device and the expected location of the animal.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising storing the indication of the treatment substance and the first current location of the user computing device with timestamp data, the timestamp data indicating a first time when the first current location was received from the user computing device.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from an animal locator device, a sensed location of the animal, the sensed location of the animal being the expected location of the animal.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2025
From: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073019/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: RETTEDAL, NICHOLAS P.; DASUKE, MATHEUS
To: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058166/0011 →
Continuity (1)
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