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Patent US9798996
Issued 2017-10-24
System And Method For Generating Commodity Flow Information
This invention provides a global strategic picture of commodity movements generated by tracking ships from satellite and other sources and then combining ship location and movement information with at least one other data set, such as vessel, port, cargo, weather, or market data. Ship positions are integrated with other data, such as vessel, port, cargo, weather, and market information, to create a global strategic picture of commodity flows. A global strategic picture may then be generated by combining (i) ship movements gathered by satellite and other sources, with (ii) vessel, port, cargo, weather, market, and other data from existing sources, and (iii) a time history of these data sets.
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- 1. A system comprising:
a processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving and combining (1) one of incomplete vessel position information for a vessel, inaccurate vessel position information for the vessel, incomplete vessel identification information for the vessel, or inaccurate vessel identification information for the vessel and (2) one of characteristic information for the vessel or port data associated with a port, to yield combined data, wherein:
the incomplete vessel position information for a vessel and the inaccurate vessel position information for the vessel are determined from at least one of an automatic identification system (AIS) message from the vessel and an image of the vessel;
the incomplete vessel identification information for the vessel, inaccurate vessel identification information for the vessel and characteristic information for the vessel comprise at least one of a vessel type of the vessel, a name of the vessel, a number associated with the vessel, a status of the vessel, a size of the vessel, and a capacity of the vessel; and
the port data associated with the port comprises at least one of an operational status of the port, a position of the port, a capacity of the port, a size of the port, a number and location of berths within a port, draft restrictions at the port, and cargos handled by the port, and cargos handled by the berths within the port; and
based on the combined data, performing at least one of:
inferring a course of a vessel; and
inferring an identification of a vessel.
- 8. A method comprising:
receiving and combining (1) one of incomplete vessel position information for a vessel, inaccurate vessel position information for the vessel, incomplete vessel identification information for the vessel, or inaccurate vessel identification information for the vessel and (2) one of characteristic information for the vessel or port data associated with a port, to yield combined data, wherein:
the incomplete vessel position information for a vessel and the inaccurate vessel position information for the vessel are determined from at least one of an automatic identification system (AIS) message from the vessel and an image of the vessel;
the incomplete vessel identification information for the vessel, inaccurate vessel identification information for the vessel and characteristic information for the vessel comprise at least one of a vessel type of the vessel, a name of the vessel, a number associated with the vessel, a status of the vessel, a size of the vessel, and a capacity of the vessel; and
the port data associated with the port comprises at least one of an operational status of the port, a position of the port, a capacity of the port, a size of the port, a number and location of berths within a port, draft restrictions at the port, and cargos handled by the port, and cargos handled by the berths within the port; and
based on the combined data, performing at least one of:
inferring a course of a vessel; and
inferring an identification of a vessel.
- 15. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving and combining (1) one of incomplete vessel position information for a vessel, inaccurate vessel position information for the vessel, incomplete vessel identification information for the vessel, or inaccurate vessel identification information for the vessel and (2) one of characteristic information for the vessel or port data associated with a port, to yield combined data, wherein:
the incomplete vessel position information for a vessel and the inaccurate vessel position information for the vessel are determined from at least one of an automatic identification system (AIS) message from the vessel and an image of the vessel;
the incomplete vessel identification information for the vessel, inaccurate vessel identification information for the vessel and characteristic information for the vessel comprise at least one of a vessel type of the vessel, a name of the vessel, a number associated with the vessel, a status of the vessel, a size of the vessel, and a capacity of the vessel; and
the port data associated with the port comprises at least one of an operational status of the port, a position of the port, a capacity of the port, a size of the port, a number and location of berths within a port, draft restrictions at the port, and cargos handled by the port, and cargos handled by the berths within the port; and
based on the combined data, performing at least one of:
inferring a course of a vessel; and
inferring an identification of a vessel.
