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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2021
Navico, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Gustav Sohtell, Gothenburg, SE;
André Samuelson, Gothenburg, SE;
Navico, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems enabling electronic devices associated with each of at least two watercrafts to dynamically form ad hoc wireless networks when the corresponding watercrafts are within range of one another are provided. Data transfer on the water is thus enhanced via such ad hoc mesh-type networks. A method of distributing marine electronics data includes receiving, over a first wireless local area network at an electronic device associated with a first watercraft, marine electronics data from an electronic device associated with a second watercraft; establishing a second wireless local area network between the electronic device associated with the first watercraft and an electronic device associated with a third watercraft; and transmitting the marine electronics data received from the electronic device associated with the second watercraft from the electronic device associated with the first watercraft to the electronic device associated with the third watercraft over the second wireless local area network.