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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Henry Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip J Ballou, Alameda, CA (US);
Lang Deng, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Willie Z. Cheng, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan David Elkin, Tiburon, CA (US);
Henry Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip J Ballou, Alameda, CA (US);
Lang Deng, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Willie Z. Cheng, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan David Elkin, Tiburon, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a sensor system, a computer system, and a satellite transceiver. The sensor system is configured to generate data about a vessel and an environment around the vessel. The computer system is connected to the sensor system. The computer system is configured to receive the data from the sensor system, generate vessel information about the data, and send the vessel information to a remote location. The satellite transceiver is connected to the computer system. The satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information to and receive other information from the remote location.