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Patent US10127515
Issued 2018-11-13
System And Method For Generating Commodity Flow Information
Disclosed is method including receiving digital vessel data for a global fleet of vessels, the digital vessel data being one or more of AIS data, image data or radar data and combining one or more of pieces of data. The method includes inferring, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of a vessel or a cargo. The method includes combining other data to yield second combined data, receiving data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data, generating information relating to a supply of vessels available to load at a specified port and/or deliver a cargo to a specified port, in each case within a specified period of time and generating suggestions for one or more vessels regarding future routes based on the data.
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- 1. A method comprising:
receiving digital vessel data for a global fleet of vessels, the digital vessel data being one or more of automatic identification system (AIS) data, image data or radar data retrieved at least in part from one or more of a satellite, a ground based receiver, from a respective vessel of the global fleet of vessels, or other receiver; combining, via a processor, one or more of the digital vessel data, historical vessel location data, vessel location data, vessel physical characteristics data, port physical characteristics data associated with a port and known patterns of maritime trade flows, to yield first combined data; inferring, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of at least one of a vessel or a type of cargo in the vessel; combining, via the processor, one or more of the digital vessel data, the vessel location data, the historical vessel location data, the vessel physical characteristics data, the port physical characteristics data, the type of cargo and the loaded/empty status of the vessel to yield second combined data; receiving data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data; and generating, based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data, information relating to a supply of vessels available to load at a specified port and/or deliver a cargo to a specified port, in each case within a specified period of time; and generating suggestions for one or more vessels regarding future routes based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data.
- 7. A system comprising:
a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving digital vessel data for a global fleet of vessels, the digital vessel data being one or more of automatic identification system (AIS) data, image data or radar data retrieved at least in part from one or more of a satellite, a ground based receiver, from a respective vessel of the global fleet of vessels, or other receiver;
combining one or more of the digital vessel data, historical vessel location data, vessel location data, vessel physical characteristics data, port physical characteristics data associated with a port and known patterns of maritime trade flows, to yield first combined data;
inferring, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of at least one of a vessel or a type of cargo in the vessel;
combining one or more of the digital vessel data, the vessel location data, the historical vessel location data, the vessel physical characteristics data, the port physical characteristics data, the type of cargo and the loaded/empty status of the vessel to yield second combined data;
receiving data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data; and
generating, based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data, information relating to a supply of vessels available to load at a specified port and/or deliver a cargo to a specified port, in each case within a specified period of time; and
generating suggestions for one or more vessels regarding future routes based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data.
- 13. A system comprising:
a first data receiving component configured to receive digital vessel data for a global fleet of vessels, the digital vessel data being one or more of automatic identification system (AIS) data, image data or radar data and being retrieved at least in part from one or more of a satellite, a ground based receiver, a vessel, or other source; a first data combiner configured to combine, via a processor, one or more of the digital vessel data, historical vessel location data, vessel location data, vessel physical characteristics data, port physical characteristics data associated with a port and known patterns of maritime trade flows, to yield first combined data; an inferring component configured to infer, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of at least one of a vessel or a type of cargo in the vessel; a second data combiner configured to combine, via the processor, one or more of the digital vessel data, the vessel location data, the historical vessel location data, the vessel physical characteristics data, the port physical characteristics data, the type of cargo and the loaded/empty status of the vessel to yield second combined data; a second data receiving component configured to receive data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data; a first generating component configured to generate, based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data, information relating to a supply of vessels available to load at a specified port and/or deliver a cargo to a specified port, in each case within a specified period of time; and a second generating component configured to generate suggestions for one or more vessels regarding future routes based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data.
