Method and system for storing, retrieving, and sharing data using a field-accessed database system comprising a mobile unit
First Claim
1. A method of linking data in a field-accessed database system, the field-accessed database system comprising a first portable device, a database, and a system server, the method comprising:
- said first portable device being used to select a physical object;
said first portable device establishing an object state vector for said physical object;
said first portable device collecting object data to produce a first object data product;
storing said first object data product in said first portable device;
said system server or said portable device selecting a focus data product stored in said field-accessed database system, said focus data product comprising a focus state vector satisfying predetermined relationship criteria with respect to said object state vector;
uploading from said first portable device to said database said first object data product and storing said first object data product in said database;
linking said first object data product in said database to said focus data product, said linking accomplished by establishing a link in said focus data product, said link comprising sufficient data to identify said first object data product in said field-accessed database system.
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Abstract
A method using a field-accessed database system identifies an object by a data identifier, and stores and/or retrieves object data using the associated data identifier. In one mode of operation, a field terminal uploads to a database object-based data and employs the associated data identifier to group the uploaded object data with object data relating to other objects having substantially similar data identifiers. In another mode of operation, the system identifies one or more data products stored in a database and previously grouped according to an identified object'"'"'s data identifier, and a field terminal downloads from database one or more data products related to the identified object and processes downloaded data products for user access.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of linking data in a field-accessed database system, the field-accessed database system comprising a first portable device, a database, and a system server, the method comprising:
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said first portable device being used to select a physical object; said first portable device establishing an object state vector for said physical object; said first portable device collecting object data to produce a first object data product; storing said first object data product in said first portable device; said system server or said portable device selecting a focus data product stored in said field-accessed database system, said focus data product comprising a focus state vector satisfying predetermined relationship criteria with respect to said object state vector; uploading from said first portable device to said database said first object data product and storing said first object data product in said database; linking said first object data product in said database to said focus data product, said linking accomplished by establishing a link in said focus data product, said link comprising sufficient data to identify said first object data product in said field-accessed database system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of retrieving data in a field-accessed database system, the field-accessed database system comprising a first portable device, a database, and a system server, the method comprising:
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said first portable device establishing a first state vector equal to a terminal state vector generated by said portable device or equal to an object state vector for a physical object selected by said portable device; said system server or said portable device selecting a focus data product stored in said field-accessed database system, said focus data product comprising a focus state vector satisfying predetermined relationship criteria with respect to said first state vector; downloading to said first portable device a first object data product linked to said focus data product, said downloading comprising storing said object data product in said first portable device or streaming said first object data product to said first portable device for immediate rendering as user-interpretable output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of retrieving data in a field-accessed database system, the field-accessed database system comprising a first portable device, a database, and a system server, the method comprising:
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said first portable device being used to establish a terminal state vector; downloading and storing to said first portable device a first set of focus data products and a set of object data products, each of said object data products linked to one or more elements in said first set of focus data products, each element of said first set of focus data products satisfying predetermined relationship criteria with respect to said terminal state vector; said first portable device being used to select a physical object; said first portable device establishing an object state vector for the physical object; said first portable device being used to select a first specific focus data product from said first set of focus data products, said first specific focus data product having a focus state vector satisfying predetermined relationship criteria with respect to said object state vector; said first portable device being used to select a first specific object data product linked to said first specific focus data product. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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