ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,339, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ditch Technology Inc. (Greenwich, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for route guidance through a waterway" was invented by Owen Davies (Greenwich, Conn.) and Peter Williams (Irvington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system for providing route guidance through a waterway to a user. The system comprises: an interface comprising a plurality of display elements, the display elements being configured to: display a map of the waterway and surrounding area; receive an origin and a destination on the waterway from the user; display a control enabling the user to req...