US 12,063,910 B2
System, method, and apparatus for tracking and monitoring pet activity
Robert Mott, San Francisco, CA (US); Shao En Huang, San Francisco, CA (US); and Russ Ward Smith, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,335.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,670, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151207 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A01K 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [A01K 11/008 (2013.01); A01K 27/009 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device for a pet comprising:
a band comprising a strap plate;
a housing including a removable battery component and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device is configured to illuminate based on a wellness assessment of the pet;
a curved tracking component coupled with the housing, wherein the curved tracking component is configured to conform to a portion of the pet's body and wherein the curved tracking component comprises one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memories; and
one or more sensors located within the curved tracking component,
wherein the removable battery component is configured to be removably attached to the tracking component,
wherein the wearable device is removably attached to the pet via the band,
wherein the tracking component is removably attached to the strap plate, and
wherein the one or more non-transitory memories further comprise instructions operable when executed by the one or more of the processors to cause the wearable device to:
collect sensor data from the one or more sensors;
detect a plurality of network conditions associated with a plurality of respective networks that the wearable device is connected to, wherein the wearable device communicates with a plurality of networked devices via the plurality of networks, and wherein the plurality of networked devices comprise at least a mobile device and a server;
determine, for each of the plurality of networks, a format, a frequency, and content of the sensor data for transmission based on the network condition corresponding to that network;
identify, based on the plurality of network conditions, one or more networked devices from the plurality of networked devices for data transmission;
transmit the sensor data comprising the determined content in the determined format according to the determined frequency to each of the identified networked devices via the network associated with that identified networked device;
generate, based on the sensor data, a wellness assessment of the pet, wherein the wellness assessment comprises a probability that the pet can be suffering from one or more of a disease or a health condition; and
illuminate the illumination device based on the generated wellness assessment of the pet.