Abstract: A computer-implemented method of operation of a translation manager intermediating message distribution in a plurality of networked devices, comprising receiving at the translation manager a request from a networked device for registration; parsing the message by the translation manager to derive an identifier of the networked device; determining by the translation manager at least one capability of the networked device; creating a pairing of the identifier of the networked device and a profile comprising the at least one capability of the networked device; storing the pairing in a data store for use by the translation manager on request to translate a message. The storing the pairing may comprise populating a lookup table and/or operating a database.

Abstract: Technology for operating a computer system to manage network communications with plural devices, comprising retrieving from a registry one or more device capability profiles for the identified devices, the registry linking a device capability profile with each of the identified plural devices and the device capability profile identifying one or more capabilities of a device; operating in the computer system a message translation manager to adapt a message according to a linked device capability profile of each of the plural devices; and sending the message in adapted form to each identified one of the plural devices.

Abstract: A technology for operating a computer system to structure a message according to at least one capability of a device, comprising receiving at least one message; deriving a device identifier from the message; determining a device capability profile linked with the device capability profile; and invoking a message translation manager to interpret the at least one message according to the linked device capability profile. Interpreting the at least one message may comprise adapting the at least one message or constructing the at least one message according to a format determined by the linked the device capability profile. The constructing may comprise, responsive to a trigger event, assembling the at least one message from message elements according to the format determined by the linked device capability profile. The message may be, for example, a return message.

Abstract: A downhole coring tool conveyable within a borehole extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the downhole coring tool comprises a housing, a hollow coring bit extendable from the housing, a first motor operable to rotate the coring bit, and a second motor operable to extend the coring bit into the subterranean formation through a sidewall of the borehole in a direction not substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the borehole proximate the downhole coring tool. A static sleeve disposed in but rotationally independent of the coring bit receives a portion of a core sample of the formation resulting from extension of the coring bit into the formation. The static sleeve comprises a protrusion extending radially inward toward the core sample sufficiently to mark the core sample.

Abstract: A downhole coring tool conveyable within a borehole extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the downhole coring tool comprises a housing, a hollow coring bit extendable from the housing, a first motor operable to rotate the coring bit, and a second motor operable to extend the coring bit into the subterranean formation through a sidewall of the borehole in a direction not substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the borehole proximate the downhole coring tool. A static sleeve disposed in but rotationally independent of the coring bit receives a portion of a core sample of the formation resulting from extension of the coring bit into the formation. The static sleeve comprises a protrusion extending radially inward toward the core sample sufficiently to mark the core sample.

Abstract: A logging sonde includes a tube defining a sealed chamber inside. An isolation layer is disposed on an exterior of the tube. At least one sensor is disposed on an exterior of the isolation layer. The sensor includes a lead in passing through a wall of the tube. An elastomer jacket is disposed on an exterior of the sensor and the isolation layer. A method for making a sonde includes affixing an electrically insulating isolator to an exterior of a tube. An hydraulic seal layer is affixed over an exterior of the isolator. A sensor is affixed over the exterior of the seal layer. An electrical connection is made from the sensor to an interior of the tube through the hydraulic seal layer and through the isolator. An elastomer jacket is applied over the exterior of at least part of the sensor and the exterior of the seal layer.

Abstract: Transducer apparatus for subsurface use. A tubular configured for subsurface disposal is equipped with a cylindrical transducer module formed of a non-conductive material. The module is mounted to surround a section of the tubular and includes a transducer element disposed thereon such that only a surface of the element is exposed along the exterior of the module body. The transducer element is linked to a lead routed through the cylindrical body to exit near the inner bore of the body. The ends of the cylindrical body are covered with a material to form a hydraulic seal. A method for constructing the transducer apparatus.

Abstract: Transducer apparatus for subsurface use. A tubular configured for subsurface disposal is equipped with a cylindrical transducer module formed of a non-conductive material. The module is mounted to surround a section of the tubular and includes a transducer element disposed thereon such that only a surface of the element is exposed along the exterior of the module body. The transducer element is linked to a lead routed through the cylindrical body to exit near the inner bore of the body. The ends of the cylindrical body are covered with a material to form a hydraulic seal. A method for constructing the transducer apparatus.

Abstract: A logging sonde includes a tube defining a sealed chamber inside. An isolation layer is disposed on an exterior of the tube. At least one sensor is disposed on an exterior of the isolation layer. The sensor includes a lead in passing through a wall of the tube. An elastomer jacket is disposed on an exterior of the sensor and the isolation layer. A method for making a sonde includes affixing an electrically insulating isolator to an exterior of a tube. An hydraulic seal layer is affixed over an exterior of the isolator. A sensor is affixed over the exterior of the seal layer. An electrical connection is made from the sensor to an interior of the tube through the hydraulic seal layer and through the isolator. An elastomer jacket is applied over the exterior of at least part of the sensor and the exterior of the seal layer.