Field device communications

• US 8,965,681 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2009
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Global Relief Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Global Relief Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Gray, Michael D., Peter, Arthur III, Jadkowski, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jen, Ian
• Application Number:
  US12/552,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20100095065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,001 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/408
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24552 Database cache management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method for caching data in mobile devices to improve field assessment capabilities in a relief management system. The system analyzes captured geolocation information associated with one or more mobile field devices to identify a set of data to be cached by a mobile field device. The system then communicates the set of data to be cached to the mobile field device. The data cached is predicated upon the predicted likely location of field assessment operations and the data includes server-side image tiles.

Claims

1. A method for caching data in mobile devices to improve field assessment capabilities in a relief management system, the method comprising:

analyzing captured geolocation information and prior image display selections associated with one or more mobile field devices to identify a set of map-image data to be cached by a mobile field device for display in a future situation; and

communicating the set of map-image data to be cached to the mobile field device by a wireless signal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising predicting a future location based on the set of data to be cached.

2. A method for caching data in mobile devices to improve field assessment capabilities in a relief management system, the method comprising:

analyzing data of a previous communication and prior image display selections to predict a likely location of field assessment operations and future image display selections;

identifying a set of map-image data to be cached by a mobile field device for display in a future situation based on the predicted likely location of field assessment operations and image display selections; and

communicating the set of map-image data to be cached to the mobile field device by a wireless signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the set of data includes server-side image tiles.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising processing the server-side image tiles on the mobile device to predict a future geographic extent.