US 11,688,210 B2
Data storage and transfer device for an agricultural intelligence computing system
Samuel Rodriguez, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Jongjin Kim, Vernon Hills, IL (US); Will Darden, Cary, NC (US); and Aaron Petersdorf, Wheaton, IL (US)
Assigned to CLIMATE LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed by CLIMATE LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,630.
Application 17/380,630 is a division of application No. 16/808,149, filed on Mar. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,069,158.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/813,629, filed on Mar. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012957 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
rotating an align, twist, and lock coupling mechanism of an outer portion of a wireless control unit to cause:
aligning a plurality of mating pins of the wireless control unit to a plurality of receptacles of an agricultural implement, and
locking the wireless control unit to the agricultural implement;
via an antenna disposed in a first inner portion of the wireless control unit, wirelessly receiving data from an agricultural intelligence computer system;
storing the data in a memory located in a second inner portion of the wireless control unit that is electromagnetically isolated from the first inner portion;
via said align, twist, and lock coupling mechanism of the outer portion of the wireless control unit, transmitting the data from the memory to the agricultural implement.