Patent ID: 8838985

Claim:
A method for validating marine vessel data associated with a marine vessel and for transmission by an Automatic Identification System (AIS) transceiver installed on the marine vessel, the method comprising: receiving marine vessel identification data from a user of the AIS transceiver at an authentication service; authenticating the received marine vessel identification data at the authentication service; encrypting the marine vessel identification data at the authentication service; transmitting the encrypted marine vessel identification data at the authentication service; receiving the encrypted marine vessel identification data at the AIS transceiver; decrypting the marine vessel identification data at the AIS transceiver; the AIS transceiver storing the marine vessel identification data in order to enable transmitting of the marine vessel identification data by the AIS transceiver, and the AIS transceiver transmitting the decrypted marine vessel identification data while installed on the marine vessel; wherein the marine vessel identification data comprises a Maritime Mobile Service Identifier (MMSI) of the marine vessel.