Seamlessly tracking a water vessel using satellite and mobile data

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions encoded thereon for enabling seamlessly tracking a location of a water vessel by supplementing satellite data with mobile data based on proximity of the water vessel to shore, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to perform operations, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• receive 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;
• determine that the GPS location is within a threshold distance of a boundary of detectable mobile signal range;
• responsive to determining that the GPS location is within the threshold distance of the boundary of detectable mobile signal range, initiate monitoring for a mobile signal emanating from a trajectory path of the water vessel;
• detect, during the monitoring, the mobile signal;
• identify the mobile signal is being transmitted from a mobile device;
• receive, from a central locator system, information indicating whether the mobile device is registered with the water vessel;
• responsive to determining the mobile device is not registered with the water vessel:
• determine whether the GPS location of the water vessel is within a proximity threshold distance of a location of the mobile device based on the mobile signal, and
• responsive to determining the GPS location is within the proximity threshold distance of the location of the mobile device, associate the mobile device with the water vessel;
• track the location of the water vessel based on the mobile signal;
• and
• provide, to a responder device, the tracked location and an alert describing the association of the mobile device with the water vessel being based on the proximity threshold distance.

A system for enabling seamlessly tracking a location of a water vessel by supplementing satellite data with mobile data based on proximity of the water vessel to shore, the system comprising one or more processors that, when executing instructions, are caused to perform operations of:

• receiving 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;
• determining that the GPS location is within a threshold distance of a boundary of detectable mobile signal range;
• responsive to determining that the GPS location is within the threshold distance of the boundary of detectable mobile signal range, initiating monitoring for a mobile signal emanating from a trajectory path of the water vessel;
• detecting, during the monitoring, the mobile signal;
• identifying the mobile signal is being transmitted from a mobile device;
• receiving, from a central locator system, information indicating whether the mobile device is registered with the water vessel;
• and
• responsive to determining the mobile device is not registered with the water vessel:
• determining whether the GPS location of the water vessel is within a proximity threshold distance of a location of the mobile device based on the mobile signal, and
• responsive to determining the GPS location is within the proximity threshold distance of the location of the mobile device, associating the mobile device with the water vessel;
• tracking the location of the water vessel based on the mobile signal;
• and
• providing, to a responder device, the tracked location and an alert describing the association of the mobile device with the water vessel being based on the proximity threshold distance.