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Vector-based harbor scheduling

  • US 7,990,263 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2006
  • Issued: 08/02/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of scheduling ships entering and leaving a harbor comprising the steps of:

  • a. combining information about each ship from an automated identification system with scheduling information about each ship from a pilot dispatching system to produce combined ship ID/schedule data for each ship;

    b. tracking the latitude and longitude of each ship using GPS and using the automated identification system to produce a tracked latitude and longitude of each ship;

    c. comparing the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship to existing maps of the harbor; and

    d. continually comparing the schedule data for each ship with the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship to verify the ship ID.

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