Patent ID: 8706763

Claim:
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.