US 12,446,483 B2
Automatic field partners
Ryan McMahan, Williamsburg, IA (US); and Jason Schoon, Williamsburg, IA (US)
Assigned to Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,348.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,032, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,284, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,285, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,833, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337718 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 79/02 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/47 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/24 (2024.01); G05D 1/247 (2024.01); G05D 1/248 (2024.01); G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01); G05D 1/692 (2024.01); G05D 1/87 (2024.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01S 19/47 (2013.01); G05D 1/0077 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/24 (2024.01); G05D 1/247 (2024.01); G05D 1/248 (2024.01); G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01); G05D 1/692 (2024.01); G05D 1/87 (2024.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 16/168 (2019.01); G06F 16/1744 (2019.01); G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); A01B 79/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computerized method of establishing communications among several agricultural implements comprising:
communicating agricultural data from a first agricultural implement;
selectively restricting access to the agricultural data;
after a second agricultural implement remotely accesses the agricultural data, pairing the second agricultural implement to the first agricultural implement;
utilizing a firewall and antivirus software to prevent bugs and malware from causing damage to computer systems of the several agricultural implements while the several agricultural implements travel in the field;
indicating with a unit identification module which agricultural implements are paired or otherwise connected to one another on a display; and
sharing an agricultural task among the several agricultural implements such that the several agricultural implements can work on a single task simultaneously and non-uniformly and a status associated with said task can be shown on said display.