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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Garrity Power Services Llc, Rockwall, TX (US);

Inventor:

Paul Garrity, Rockwall, TX (US);

Assignee:

Garrity Power Services LLC, Rockwall, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 11/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 11/008 (2013.01); A01K 11/004 (2013.01); G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/0294 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01);
Abstract

Tracking tags for attachment to an object or animal. The tracking tags may include low-power long-range transmitters drawing power from a battery or a renewable energy source. The tracking tags may also each include a microcontroller having a sleep-mode module enabling nearly no quiescent current to be drawn when the microcontroller is in a sleep-mode. The microcontroller may enter into a sleep-mode for long periods of time following a short period of sending data to the low-power long-range transmitter. The short period of sending data may be approximately one-twentieth of the long sleep-mode period. The tracking tags may also include sensors for determining an ambient temperature or biometric data about an animal to which the tracking tag is attached. Locations of the tracking tags may be determined using signal trilateration and/or signal triangulation.


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