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Method, system, and machine to track and anticipate the movement of fluid spills when moving with water flow

  • US 9,013,352 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2012
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method to track fluid spills when moving with water flow, the method comprising:

  • obtaining location data for each of a plurality of tracking devices from a positioning satellite data repository, each of the plurality of tracking devices configured to move freely with a fluid spill on the sea surface so as to drift and travel with the fluid spill therealong the sea surface, the location data for each of the respective plurality of tracking devices including a device identifier of a tracking device, a geographic location of the tracking device, and a timestamp to identify an exact time when the geographic location was obtained;

    integrating the location data of each of the plurality of tracking devices into a spatial data repository according to the device identifier;

    determining, by one or more processors, a deployment location for each of the plurality of tracking devices based on the device identifier;

    identifying, by the one or more processors and responsive to the deployment location of each of the plurality of tracking devices, a fluid-spill subset of the plurality of tracking devices that were deployed in the fluid spill;

    determining, by the one or more processors, a fluid spill location of the fluid spill based on the geographic locations of the fluid-spill subset; and

    generating, by the one or more processors, a geographic map depicting the fluid spill location.

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