公开(公告)号：US20170280688A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15474300

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: MERIAL INC.

Inventor： Pierre-Emmanuel Deliou ,  Sebastien Lafon

IPC: A01K29/00 ,  G06K19/077 ,  A01K11/00 ,  G06K7/10 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q5/30

CPC classification number: A01K29/005 ,  A01K11/004 ,  A01K11/008 ,  G06K7/10297 ,  G06K19/07749 ,  G06K19/07758 ,  G06K19/07773 ,  H01Q1/2225 ,  H01Q5/30

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for tracking animals, which may include production animals as well as pets. The system and method may comprise a tag system that is attached to an animal that generally has at least a near-field-communication (NFC) tag. The tag system comprises at least an NFC tag and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. For NFC tags, such tags may be read with a portable computing device, such as a mobile telephone running NFC reader application software. The phone may communicate with a communications network and ultimately a computer server in order to relay information received from a respective electronic tag. The electronic tags may be fastened, embedded, or ingested by an animal. The electronic tags may be part of a mechanical coupling. Each mechanical coupling may comprise a different structure depending on the whether the tags are fastened to, embedded in, or ingested by the animal.