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Pet SocIoT
How the Internet of Things
Changed Pet Feeding

Isaiah Baluso, Jon Baucas,

Adrian Bernardino, Gail Capistrano
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INTRODUCTION

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What is IoT?

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Problem Overview

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● Owner's Responsibility
● Use of Time
● Pet's Health
○ Weight Management
○ Food Consumption

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 53%

58%

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Product Introduction

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● Free feeding

● Automatic feeders

● Smart feeders

● PetSafe's Smart Feeder

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Results and
Comparison

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 Better pet feeding with customized
schedules and quantities

“Now I don't have to worry about

being home to feed the dog”

“Saves time (30 mins / day)”

Now I don't have to worry about being home to feed the dog

Lack of offline features

“First time our dog was left alone

with the feeder, he pushed it over
and the lid easily popped off.”

Server Side Connectivity

Problems
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 Interactive Pet Automatic Feeder for
PetSafe Free Feeding Feeding and Watering Dogs and other
Bowl Animals

Total control of pet

feeding schedule More personal social Better social Physically
ADVANTAGES and meal quantity interaction during interaction during customizable
feeding feeding feeding schedule
(powered by IoT)

Lacks social
Demands constant
interaction Lacks feeding Lacks remote access
DISADVANTAGES attention and
Heavily dependent scheduling feature for schedules
schedule allocation
on Internet

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Product

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Smart
Pet Feeder

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Better than automatic
To reduce the
inconvenience that may be
associated with feeding
pets, PetSafe developed a
Smart Pet Feeder that does
more than an automatic pet
feeder.

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AUTOMATIC

SMART

FLEXIBLE

PARTNER

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 The server processes
the data it receives like
the food consumption
and food availability

SERVER

INTERNET INTERNET

communicates PetSafe Pet Feeder,

through a WiFi has compatible
module applications in the
embedded in Android and iOS
the feeder platform

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PetSafe
Mobile App
Interface for Scheduling and
Feed Now Function

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 PetSafe
Mobile App
Interface for Feeding
Schedule Log

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Conclusions

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● Free feeding = not good
● Automatic feeding = okay
● Smart feeding = smart choice
● PetSafe smart feeder = healthier pets
● So what is IoT?

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● Needs more Offline Features
● A more secure lid and Sturdier Build
● More connected devices for
Comprehensive Coverage
- Smart Collar
- Pet Stores
- Camera, Video, and Audio
● Secondary Account for Security

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 Thanks!

Any questions?

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