Satellite based global positioning system for feedlot computer network and method
US7689434B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/383
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer network and method for feeding animals in a feedlot, in which discretion and direct control over the various suboperations of the feed ration assignment and delivery process are distributed among the individual operators in the system, while the feedlot manager is capable of indirectly monitoring the performance of the various suboperations through use of a satellite based global positioning system.
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