Wireless data transfer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10594540-B2
Application number	US-201715692578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2017
Priority date	Sep 2, 2016
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

A device and methods for wirelessly transferring farming data to and from an agricultural monitor. Certain embodiments also relate to specific methods used to change the boot order of a computing device that may be used to enable wireless data transfer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A self-contained device for exchanging data with an agricultural monitor, comprising a computing device comprising a first USB port connected to a second USB port of an agricultural monitor, a physical modification of the computing device to change the boot order of the computing device so that it boots from removable storage on start up, a memory connected to the computing device, and a modem connected to the computing device, wherein the device further comprises a computer application program that: upon the first activation of a function switch by a user, causes the modem to call for a prescription to be downloaded and stored on the memory connected to the computing device, upon activation of a prompt on the agricultural monitor by a user, causes the prescription to be transferred to the agricultural monitor, upon a subsequent activation of a prompt on the agricultural monitor by a user, downloads agricultural data on the agricultural monitor to the memory connected to the computing device, and upon a subsequent activation of the function switch on the device wirelessly transfers the agricultural data to a server.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a high value resistor that enables start up from the removable storage.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the high value resistor is in the range of 5,000 to 20,000 Ohms.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device can remain plugged into the agricultural monitor at all times during operation of the agricultural equipment.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device causes the first USB port to present a descriptor that identifies the computing device as USB mass storage.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the modem receives an agricultural prescription that is stored in the memory connected to the computing device and transferred to the agricultural monitor.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the function switch is a physical switch on the device.

8. A method for exchanging data with an agricultural monitor, comprising storing an agricultural prescription on a server and causing such prescription to be sent to the device of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Pioneer Hi Bred Int

Inventors

• Dieke Stephen T
• Howe Russel
• Janssen Harley P
• Sarrett James W
• Vander Velden Kent A

Classifications

• G06F13/16 Primary

  for access to memory bus (G06F13/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F11/3034

  where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based (digital input from or digital output to record carriers G06F3/06; digital recording or reproducing G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097) · CPC title

• G06F13/4282

  on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247) · CPC title

• G06F2213/0042

  Universal serial bus [USB] · CPC title

• G06F9/4416

  Network booting; Remote initial program loading [RIPL] · CPC title