Patent ID: 8441956

Claim:
A marine wireless communication system comprising: at least one first wireless device disposed in at least one outboard engine unit secured to a stern of a watercraft, and at least one second wireless device disposed inside the watercraft, wherein the first wireless device is designed to communicate with the second wireless device according to a predetermined protocol wherein the first wireless device included a first communication unit for performing data communication with the second wireless device based on a first communication protocol, and a second communication unit for performing data communication based on a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, the second wireless device includes a first communication unit for performing data communication with the first wireless device based on the first communication protocol, and the first wireless device starts an initial setting process for the first communication unit and the second communication unit, and, after completion of the initial setting process, starts data communication between the first communication unit or the second communication unit and the first communication unit or the second communication unit of the second wireless device based on the first communication protocol or the second communication protocol.