Patent ID: 8281056
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G01V,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing data on a peripheral device that is operatively coupled to a host computing system via a peripheral bus, the method comprising: receiving all or substantially all of an entire set of input data from the host computing system at the peripheral device over the peripheral bus, wherein the input data is received by the peripheral device over the peripheral bus in a compressed format, and wherein the entire set of input data comprises one or both of (i) one or more complete models of a seismic volume of interest, and/or (ii) a complete set of readings of at least one seismic shot within the seismic volume of interest taken by an array of seismic sensors that each generated time-varying data during the at least one seismic shot; storing all or substantially all of the entire set of input data to a peripheral information storage contained within the peripheral device; transmitting input data included in the stored set of input data, in its compressed format, from the peripheral information storage to a peripheral processor included in the peripheral device; implementing the peripheral processor to process the input data received from the peripheral information storage to determine a complete set of output data related to the presence of seismic waves in the seismic volume of interest; and transmitting the complete set of output data related to the presence of seismic waves in the seismic volume of interest to the host computing system over the peripheral bus.