US 11,832,584 B2
Livestock management system and method
Frank Carter Wooten, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick Singler, San Diego, CA (US); Michael Anthony Yarusinsky, Ashburn, VA (US); Scott Fitzgerald, Carlsbad, CA (US); Todd Parker, Escondido, CA (US); Haldun Komsuoglu, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Matt Hughes, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to VENCE, CORP.
Appl. No. 17/049,569
Filed by VENCE, CORP., San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/028510
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/209712, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/661,040, filed on Apr. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059213 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/023 (2013.01) [A01K 11/008 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An animal tag attachable to an animal, comprising:
a battery, a location sensor and a processor configured to:
(a) obtain information of a virtual fence defining a perimeter of a paddock in which the animal is allowed to roam;
(b) acquire, using the location sensor, a current location of the animal;
(c) turn off the location sensor for a determined sleep time during which the location sensor is turned off so that it consumes at least less power from the battery compared to other times when the location sensor is turned on, wherein the determined sleep time is determined based on a prediction of the animal's position relative to the virtual fence;
(d) turn on the location sensor at least after the determined sleep time; and
(e) repeat steps (b) to (e) until the animal exits the perimeter.