ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,481, issued on March 25, was assigned to i911 International Inc. (Hallandale Beach, Fla.).

"Seamlessly tracking a water vessel using satellite and mobile data" was invented by Christopher Ryan Bennett (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method are disclosed for enabling seamlessly tracking a location of a water vessel by supplementing satellite data with mobile data location based on proximity of a water vessel to shore. The system receives a Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the water vessel, the GPS location of the water vessel based on using the satellite data of the water vessel. The sys...