Patents by Inventor Mark Alexander Otterlee

Mark Alexander Otterlee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Real-time vessel navigation tracking
    Patent number: 11520002
    Abstract: A vessel monitoring service obtains transponder data of a vessel operating within a navigable area. In response to obtaining the transponder data of the vessel, the vessel monitoring service evaluates the transponder data and a plurality of travel segments recorded for a plurality of vessels to identify a travel segment to which the transponder data corresponds. The vessel monitoring service updates the travel segment using the transponder data and determine whether the vessel is engaged in an unauthorized activity. If so, the vessel monitoring service provides an indication that the vessel is engaged in the unauthorized activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Vulcan Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Martin Moore, Mark Alexander Otterlee, Patrick Dunagan, Leina Tani
  • REAL-TIME VESSEL NAVIGATION TRACKING
    Publication number: 20200264268
    Abstract: A vessel monitoring service obtains transponder data of a vessel operating within a navigable area. In response to obtaining the transponder data of the vessel, the vessel monitoring service evaluates the transponder data and a plurality of travel segments recorded for a plurality of vessels to identify a travel segment to which the transponder data corresponds. The vessel monitoring service updates the travel segment using the transponder data and determine whether the vessel is engaged in an unauthorized activity. If so, the vessel monitoring service provides an indication that the vessel is engaged in the unauthorized activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: David Martin Moore, Mark Alexander Otterlee, Patrick Dunagan, Leina Tani