US Patent 10905105 Farm asset tracking, monitoring, and alerts

A method of provisioning a sensor tag for monitoring or managing an animal includes providing a mount for the sensor tag, wherein the mount is adapted to be worn on a body part of an animal and comprises an RFID device and the sensor tag is releasably connectable to the mount. The method further includes exciting the RFID device, wherein the RFID device is programmed with data of an animal. Upon exciting the RFID device, configuring the sensor tag to be associated with the animal based on the data of the animal.