COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

The system provides templates which assist shelters in creating customized pet adoption applications and automatically scans responses to reject or flag applications with certain answers. The system tracks the application process, automatically assigns staff to review applications, maintains applicant denied/accepted lists, facilitates transfer of adoption documents, provides updated application status information, sends accepted applicants medical and other service related messages, provides animal transfer information and preforms automatic background checks. The system calculates estimated pet care costs and provides for instant pet registration at external registries. A software application for smartphones/tablets allows scanning of implanted GPS microchips, tracking of animal locations, proximity detection and identification of emergency rescue services proximate the location of the animal.

主权项

1. An internet or wireless device-based, computer-implemented animal management system comprising a network of participating animal shelters offering pets for adoption, wherein potential adopting individuals may apply to the participating animal shelters by electronically submitting information on an application, said system comprising: means by which a participating animal shelter may customize such application by creating questions and answer choices for each question, and by selecting certain of said answer choices; and means for scanning a submitted application to review the answer choices to identify a selected answer choice.