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GallagherACorporate & U.S. Market ProfileBPublicly Disclosed Technology ArchitectureCPatent Element MappingDStrongest Evidence of OverlapEWhat the Kahler Patent Contains That Is …FEvidence SourcesGAssessment & Questions for Legal ReviewHPanic Detection — Dedicated Evidence Rev…IEcosystem Convergence — Future Investiga…

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Evidence Sources

GALL-EV-001

Gallagher U.S. eShepherd

Corporate website — U.S. product pageU.S. specific: YesConfidence 98/100

Public statement

GPS neckbands provide virtual fencing, tracking, movement history and 24/7 livestock visibility.

What the source establishes

Establishes the zone, livestock-location and visualisation layers of the U.S. product.

Interpretation

Directly relevant to property, zone and location elements.

Limitations

No evidence of non-animal hazard determination.

Gallagher — eShepherd (U.S.)Published: not statedAccessed: 2026-08-11P01 · P02 · P05 · P09 · P33 · P34

GALL-EV-002

eShepherd FAQ

Corporate website — FAQU.S. specific: YesConfidence 96/100

Public statement

Digital maps, virtual paddocks, animal-down alerts, breach notifications, GPS tracking and grazing heat maps are described.

What the source establishes

Establishes determination of inactivity and boundary breach with corresponding alerting.

Interpretation

Potentially relevant to movement anomaly, cessation of movement and zone-transition elements.

Limitations

Alerting is per-animal; no composite property event determination is described.

Gallagher — eShepherd FAQPublished: not statedAccessed: 2026-08-11P02 · P10 · P11 · P12 · P31 · P34

GALL-EV-003

U.S. customer stories

Customer case studyU.S. specific: YesConfidence 95/100

Public statement

Deployments documented in South Dakota, Illinois and Texas, including a ranch of approximately 13,000 acres running approximately 1,500 Angus females.

What the source establishes

Establishes meaningful U.S. deployment relevance.

Interpretation

Supports high U.S. deployment relevance despite non-U.S. corporate origin.

Limitations

Case studies describe grazing management outcomes, not emergency intelligence.

Gallagher — U.S. eShepherd customer storiesPublished: not statedAccessed: 2026-08-11Market context only

GALL-EV-004

Panic detection material

Corporate website — feature documentationU.S. specific: YesConfidence 93/100

Public statement

The system is described as recognising bolting or panic behaviour and altering virtual-fence operation so an animal can flee a perceived threat.

What the source establishes

Establishes automated recognition of an unusual livestock behavioural event and a corresponding change in system response.

Interpretation

Potentially relevant to unusual-behaviour determination and automated response modification. Should not be overstated as emergency classification.

Limitations

Does not establish identification of the external cause, severity analysis or any remedial recommendation.

Gallagher — eShepherd panic detectionPublished: not statedAccessed: 2026-08-11P10 · P21 · P31

GALL-EV-005

Gallagher U.S. Animal Management

Corporate website — U.S. category pagesU.S. specific: YesConfidence 94/100

Public statement

The U.S. site offers fence monitoring, liquid and tank monitoring, virtual fencing and livestock performance technologies.

What the source establishes

Establishes availability of adjacent infrastructure-monitoring products within the same corporate channel.

Interpretation

Raises a strategic ecosystem question about prospective platform convergence.

Limitations

Availability of separate products does not establish integration. Marked as a future investigation question.

Gallagher — U.S. Animal ManagementPublished: not statedAccessed: 2026-08-11P03 · P14 · P15
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