Patents by Inventor Stuart Papworth

Stuart Papworth 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).

  • Providing communications redundancy using one or more loop connections in a subterranean survey system
    Patent number: 8483010
    Abstract: A subterranean survey system includes a sensor string having a communications link and a plurality of survey sensors connected to the communications link. The sensor string has a loop connection to provide communications redundancy, and the survey sensors are used to detect signals affected by a subterranean structure. A first router is connected to the sensor string, and a transport network is connected to the first router. The first router communicates data from the survey sensors over the transport network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Virgin, Jostein Fonneland, Stuart Papworth
  • Providing Communications Redundancy Using One or More Loop Connections in a Subterranean Survey System
    Publication number: 20110182145
    Abstract: A subterranean survey system includes a sensor string having a communications link and a plurality of survey sensors connected to the communications link. The sensor string has a loop connection to provide communications redundancy, and the survey sensors are used to detect signals affected by a subterranean structure. A first router is connected to the sensor string, and a transport network is connected to the first router. The first router communicates data from the survey sensors over the transport network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Brian Lee Virgin, Jostein Fonneland, Stuart Papworth
  • Generating a Geographic Representation of a Network of Seismic Devices
    Publication number: 20080147328
    Abstract: Information from a network of seismic device is received, and a geographic representation of the network of seismic devices is generated. The geographic representation contains information regarding the seismic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Stuart Papworth, Sven Furberg, Thorleiv Knutsen