Granted Patent B2

US 12,293,423 · App. 18/372,287 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Eleanor Elizabeth Campbell (Carbondale, CO); Jacob S. McDonald (Reading, MA); Aaron J. Goodman (Cambridge, MA); Michael J. Salib (Cambridge, MA); Elisabeth F. Baldo (Cambridge, MA); Keith F. Ma (Cambridge, MA); Daniel Michael Stack (Marlborough, MA); Erich J. Treischman (Concord, MA); Melissa Motew (Madison, WI); Samuel J. Peters (Jamaica Plain, MA); Christopher K. Black (Goleta, CA); Ram B. Gurung (Fort Collins, CO); Charles D. Brummitt (Seattle, WA); Brian D. Segal (Washington, DC); David P. Smart (Andover, MA); Ashok A. Kumar (Malden, MA); Barclay Rowland Rogers (Memphis, TN); Maria Belousova (Milford, CT); Jyoti Shankar (Jersey City, NJ); Christopher Mark Harbourt (Saint Joseph, IL); Ronald W. Hovsepian (Boston, MA); Amit Menipaz (Newton, MA); Joseph Weeks (St. Petersburg, FL); Samantha Horvath (Champaign, IL)

Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.

G06Q50/02G06F16/29G06Q30/018G06Q2220/00

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by a processing unit, remote sensing data for one or more fields;

receiving, by the processing unit, field data comprising geospatial boundaries of the one or more fields;

receiving, by the processing unit, management event data comprising one or more management events located within the one or more fields, the management event data comprising remote sensing data from the one or more fields;

receiving, by the processing unit for each management event, management event boundaries defining geospatial boundaries corresponding to at least a portion of the one or more fields, the management event boundaries based in part on ecosystem event data comprising the remote sensing data for the one or more fields;

determining, by the processing unit, one or more management zones based on the management event boundaries; and

applying, by the processing unit, one or more ecosystem attribute quantification methods to each of the one or more management zones to generate one or more ecosystem attributes of the one or more management zones,

wherein at least one of the ecosystem attribute quantification methods comprises applying a machine learned model to each of the one or more management zones, the one or more management zones a data object based on the management event data generated from accessed remote sensing data,

wherein one or more ecosystem attribute is selected for each management zone,

wherein an ecosystem credit token or portion thereof is generated for each selected ecosystem attribute, and

wherein the ecosystem credit token is associated with a quantity of a raw agricultural product.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a plurality of soil data for the one or more fields, the plurality of soil data comprising soil attributes at each of a plurality of geospatial points within the one or more fields;

based on the management zones and the plurality of soil data, determining one or more baselines for each management zone; and

determining a change in soil organic carbon for each management zone from the baselines and the management events.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ecosystem credit token is linked to a product identifier associated with the raw agricultural product.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the raw agricultural product is produced within a management zone or a field comprising the management zone.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more ecosystem credit token is allocated to total agricultural production within the field in proportion to the quantity of agricultural product produced within the management zone.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ecosystem credit token is linked to the quantity of raw agricultural product upon: user election to associate an ecosystem credit with the quantity of the agricultural product, transfer of possession of the quantity of agricultural product, sale of a quantity of the agricultural product, processing of a quantity of the agricultural product, consumption of a quantity of the agricultural product, or destruction of a quantity of the agricultural product.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ecosystem credit token is divided into one or more subtokens representing a portion of the raw agricultural product.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a subtoken is created each time a portion of raw agricultural product is: transferred, processed, consumed, or destroyed.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a subtoken is further divided into subtokens proportionally with the quantity of agricultural product transferred, processed, consumed, or destroyed.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the ecosystem credit token is divided into one or more subtokens representing processed products produced from the raw agricultural product.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein subtokens representing portions of the processed products are generated in proportion with a relative calorie composition of the resulting processed products.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein subtokens representing portions of the processed products are generated in proportion with a mass of a processed product derived from the raw agricultural product.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the raw agricultural product is produced within a management zone or a field comprising the management zone.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the raw agricultural product is produced within a supply shed comprising the management zone.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of the raw agricultural product is less than or equal to a quantity of agricultural products produced within the management zone.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of raw agricultural product is equal to a quantity of agricultural products produced within the management zone.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of raw agricultural product is less than or equal to a quantity of agricultural products produced within a field comprising the management zone.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of raw agricultural product is equal to a quantity of agricultural products produced within a field comprising the management zone.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ecosystem credit token is allocated to total agricultural production within a field in proportion to an area of the management zone within the field.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ecosystem credit token is allocated to total agricultural production within a field in proportion to a quantity of agricultural product produced within the management zone.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein each management zone is non-overlapping and each individual management zone contains a unique set of management events relative to any other management zone.

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