Patent ID: 7889100
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A Water Friend or Foe System (WFFS), comprising: a first computing system located at a WFFS issuer of marine vessel authenticators, the first computing system comprising: wherein the first computing system is designed to support a system that comprises: wherein the GIS system includes a communication system selected from a group that includes a Global Marine Distress Safety System (GMDSS) transceiver, a GMDSS transmitter, and an Automatic Identifier System (AIS) transceiver; and wherein the GIS system includes a Global Information System (GIS) system located on one or more additional marine vessels capable of interacting with each other, wherein each additional transceiver tracks a location of, and confirms an identity of, other marine vessels in real time by received SIM data and GIS data that is transmitted from the first transceiver on the marine vessel, wherein SIM and GIS data is exchanged among all such transceivers in range; and wherein the GIS system on the marine vessel further comprises: wherein the marine vessel further comprises: wherein the marine vessel further comprises: