Patents by Inventor Nico Zuurbier

Nico Zuurbier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6484100
    Abstract: A seismic surveying method and system are disclosed. The method provides a remote display representative of the quality of the coverage of a seismic survey. The method includes progressively building up at the site of the survey a first data base of data required for said display and relating to the area being covered by the survey, concurrently transmitting the data being used to build up the first data base via satellite link to a first remote location, to build up a duplicate of the first data base at said first remote location, providing access to said first remote location for the receipt of display requests from further remote locations, and in response to such requests, processing the data of said duplicate data base to provide processed data for producing said display, and compressing said processed data and transmitting it to such a further remote location for reconstitution and display thereat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nico Zuurbier, Helge Bragstad