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Livestock pricing system

US7181408B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2003
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q40/04
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A livestock pricing system (10) broadly comprises a processor (14) to predict a best price for a group of animals, a grid database (16) to store price information used to predict the best price, a livestock database (18) to store livestock specifications used to compare with the price information to predict the best price, and an authenticator (20) to authenticate a plurality of users of the system (10) and thereby control user's access to the price information and livestock specifications stored in the databases (16,18). The system (10) also preferably includes a network adapter (22) to connect the system (10) to a network (12) through which the system (10) may be accessed by the users, which includes buyers and sellers. The system (10) compares several individual prices from each buyer to predict which buyer would cumulatively pay the best price.

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