US 12,103,657 B2
Marine vehicle method and system
Mark A. Boettcher, South Abington Township, PA (US)
Assigned to SUMMIT MARINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., South Abington Twp., NJ (US)
Filed by SUMMIT MARINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., South Abington Township, PA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,508.
Application 17/332,508 is a continuation of application No. 17/182,578, filed on Feb. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,052,984.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266975 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B63J 2/12 (2006.01); F24F 11/83 (2018.01); F24F 11/85 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 130/00 (2018.01)
CPC B63J 2/12 (2013.01) [F24F 11/83 (2018.01); F24F 11/85 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 2130/00 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote monitoring method, performed at a central location by a controller associated with the central location, for use with multiple remotely located boats, each of the multiple boats being identifiable using a unique identifier stored in non-transitory storage associated with the central location, each of the multiple boats having thereon a water-fed air conditioner and boat based controller, the method comprising:
a) receiving first location information from a first boat based controller on a first of the multiple boats, identifying the first boat's location, when a climate control system of the first of the multiple boats is on;
b) receiving second location information from a second boat based controller on a second of the multiple boats, identifying the second boat's location, when a climate control system of the second of the multiple boats is on;
c) storing the first location information in the non-transitory storage associated with the unique identifier for the first boat;
d) storing the second location information in the non-transitory storage associated with the unique identifier for the second boat;
determining, based upon the first location information, second location information and tide information, whether the water-fed air conditioner of the first boat or the water-fed air conditioner of the second boat should be shut off, if then on, or turned back on, if then off, due to tide-caused depth changes at the first location or second location; and
interacting with at least one of the first or second boat based controllers so that, when the water-fed air conditioner of the first boat or the water-fed air conditioner of the second boat should be shut off, the at least one of the first or second boat based controllers will cause the water-fed air conditioner of the first boat or the water-fed air conditioner of the second boat to be shut off.