Patent ID: 6574561
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A method for dynamically assessing field conditions over a specified geographic area, said method comprising of the steps of:receiving field assessment information from one or more of a plurality of mobile field devices in response to a task-specific and location-specific assignment specified on the one or more mobile field devices, wherein said field assessment information is associated with space-time coordinates, and wherein said field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates are received over a communication link established over either a land-based communication system or a satellite-based communication system depending on the present availability of the land-based or satellite-based communication systems; and responsive to receiving the field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates from the one or more mobile field devices, assigning and transmitting to said plurality of mobile field devices a next task-specific and location-specific assignment in accordance with the received field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates utilizing the communication link over which the field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates were received.