# US 10,122,796 B2 · System for monitoring temperature and other conditions in water bodies > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,796 B2 - Document ID: US10122796B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/792,088 - Filed: 2015-07-06 - Published: 2017-01-12 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-06 - Assignees: Grayden Outdoor, LLC - Applicants: Grayden Outdoor LLC - Inventors: Trevor J. Sumption - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122796B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - A01K 97/00: Accessories for angling (fish stringers A01K65/00; landing-nets or landing-spoons for fishing A01K77/00) - Y02A 40/80: in fisheries management - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A monitoring system is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the monitoring system may include a sensor mounted upon a submersible probe to detect sensor data at a depth within a water body, and a mobile device in communication with the sensor to receive the sensor data. The mobile device may be in communication with the Internet cloud to communicate data with the Internet cloud, the data comprising the sensor data and additional sensor data from additional probes geographically disposed about the water body at known GPS locations. An app may be operably engaged with the mobile device and with the Internet cloud to control the communication of data between the mobile device and the Internet cloud, and the app may integrates the data for on the mobile device in real time. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus and methods disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A monitoring system, comprising: a sensor mounted upon a submersible probe to detect sensor data at a depth within a water body; a receiver positioned proximate a water surface of the water body in sonic communication with the submersible probe to receive the sensor data from the submersible probe, the receiver mechanically connected with the submersible probe for traversal of the receiver together with the submersible probe about the water body; a mobile device in communication with the receiver to receive the sensor data from the receiver, the mobile device in communication with an Internet cloud to communicate data with the Internet cloud, the data comprising the sensor data and additional sensor data from additional probes geographically disposed about the water body at known GPS locations; and, an app operably engaged with the mobile device and with the Internet cloud to control the communication of data between the mobile device and the Internet cloud, the app integrates the data for display on the mobile device in real time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, the sensor data comprising depth and corresponding temperature at the known GPS locations. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, the sensor data comprising depth and corresponding water velocity at the known GPS locations. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, the data further comprising one or more data elements selected from a group consisting of the catching of a fish, time of catch, specie, type of bait, depth at which fish was caught, size of fish conditions observed by the user such wind direction, wind speed, wave height, water clarity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a map for graphical display of the data integrated with the map. ### Claim 6 A monitoring system, comprising: several submersible probes disposed about a water body with each submersible probe having a sensor mounted thereupon to detect sensor data comprising depths and corresponding temperatures within the water body at known GPS locations, each submersible probe sonically communicates the sensor data from the submersible probe to a corresponding receiver positioned proximate a water surface of the water body, each submersible probe mechanically connected with the corresponding receiver for traversal of each submersible probe together with the corresponding receiver about the water body, each receiver being in communication with an Internet cloud to communicate the sensor data with the Internet cloud; and an app operably engaged with a mobile device and with the Internet cloud to display data on the mobile device received at least in part from the Internet cloud, the data comprising sensor data from the several submersible probes simultaneously in real time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, the data further comprising temperature and corresponding depth at a top of a thermocline as detected by the several submersible probes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, the data further comprising temperature and corresponding depth within the water body at known GPS locations over a period of time from the several submersible probes as the several submersible probes are traversed about the water body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, the period of time being less than one day. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, the period of time being selectable by a user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, the app accepts for inclusion into the data user input data input by a user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, the user input data is selected from a group consisting of catching of a fish, time of catch, specie, type of bait, depth at which fish was caught, size of the fish, wind direction, wind speed, wave height, and water clarity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising: a plurality of apps each operably engaged with a corresponding mobile device, each corresponding mobile device in communication with the Internet cloud to display the data simultaneously. ### Claim 14 A monitoring system, comprising: a submersible probe comprising a sensor to detect sensor data at a depth within a water body; a receiver positionable proximate a water surface of the water body that communicates sonically with the submersible probe to receive the sensor data from the submersible probe, the receiver mechanically connected with the submersible probe when deployed for traversal of the receiver together with the submersible probe about the water body; a mobile device communicable with the receiver to receive the sensor data from the receiver, the mobile device communicates with an Internet cloud to communicate data with the Internet cloud, the data comprising the sensor data and additional sensor data from additional submersible probes geographically disposed about the water body at known GPS locations; and, an app operably engageable with the mobile device and with the Internet cloud to control the communication of data between the mobile device and the Internet cloud, the app integrates the data for display on the mobile device in real time. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, the app accepts user input data input by the user of the app for inclusion into the data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, the user input data selected from a group consisting of catching of a fish, time of catch, specie, type of bait, depth at which fish was caught, size of the fish, wind direction, wind speed, wave height, and water clarity.