US 2,005,145,187 · Filed 2003-12-29

Asset management of livestock in an open range using satellite communications

A livestock asset management system utilizing an electronic ear tag 14 capable of operating on an open range, corral, or feedlot. The electronic ear tag 14 is capable of reading a radio frequency identification device (RFID) 24 , storing that data in a processing unit in the ear tag 36 , and then transmitting data to a satellite 12 , which relays the information of an individual animal to a hub server 16 that appends a data record and makes that record available over a network 10 for display on a network access device such as a computer 18 . An individual or group of animal records can be appended manually or semi-automatically by the livestock owner using a network interface device such as a personal computer 18 . With automatic notification to livestock owner if data from the ear tag is outside a pre-defined limit 70 along with graphical displays 60 of same information.

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