Patents Assigned to Boatracs Inc.
  • Vessel Communications Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20180034535
    Abstract: Vessel communications systems and methods are described. According to one aspect, a vessel communications method includes receiving a first communication including first positional data which indicates a location of a first vessel, receiving a second communication including second positional data which indicates a location of a second vessel, using the first and second positional data, identifying a wireless communications range of the first vessel overlapping with a wireless communications range of the second vessel at a moment in time, as a result of the identifying, controlling only one of the first and second vessels to output wireless communications which include both of the first and second positional data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Boatracs Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Yu, J. Joel Faul
  • Vessel communications systems and methods
    Patent number: 9787391
    Abstract: Vessel communications systems and methods are described. According to one aspect, a vessel communications method includes receiving a first communication including first positional data which indicates a location of a first vessel, receiving a second communication including second positional data which indicates a location of a second vessel, using the first and second positional data, identifying a wireless communications range of the first vessel overlapping with a wireless communications range of the second vessel at a moment in time, as a result of the identifying, controlling only one of the first and second vessels to output wireless communications which include both of the first and second positional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Boatracs Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Yu, J. Joel Faul