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US 10,208,589 B2Granted
Methods and systems for tracking drilling equipment
AssigneeForum US, Inc.
InventorsChris Harshbarger, Shane Richard, Juan Arbelaez
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Abstract
A drilling equipment tracking system includes a piece of drilling equipment and a traceability tag coupled to the piece of drilling equipment. The traceability tag has a unique identifier. A mobile device is configured to obtain the unique identifier and access a remote server containing an equipment file corresponding to the piece of drilling equipment based on the unique identifier.
Claims10
A drilling equipment tracking system, comprising:
- a catwalk configured to convey a tubular to and from a rig floor;
- a traceability tag coupled to the catwalk, wherein the traceability tag has a unique identifier;
- and
- a mobile device configured to obtain the unique identifier and access a remote server containing an equipment file corresponding to the catwalk based on the unique identifier, wherein the traceability tag comprises a transmitter configured to communicate directly with the mobile device and directly with the remote server, and wherein the traceability tag is configured to automatically initiate an active-sync link with the remote server at predetermined times to update the equipment file.
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A method of tracking a catwalk, comprising:
- accessing a remote server via a mobile device;
- scanning a traceability tag coupled to the catwalk to obtain a unique identifier, wherein the traceability tag comprises a transmitter configured to transmit the unique identifier directly to the mobile device and directly to the remote server;
- retrieving an equipment file corresponding to the catwalk from the remote server based on the unique identifier;
- viewing the equipment file on the mobile device;
- and
- automatically initiating an active-sync link between the traceability tag and the remote server at predetermined times to update the equipment file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.