Patent ID: 8594938

Claim:
A system for collecting and processing information from monitoring and control systems for fluid hydrocarbon handling installations used in the conveyance of fluid hydrocarbons from production fields, comprising: a. a handheld computing device comprising a data processor and an assembly of subsystems in wired communication with said data processor, said subsystems including a manual data input device, a data display device, a data storage subsystem, a wireless communication subsystem, and a geographical position fixing subsystem; b. said handheld computing device containing and being adapted to execute application software; c. said application software being adapted to process data exchanged with said wireless communication subsystem to enable a person holding the handheld computing device to communicate with a first wireless communication module associated with an instrument panel processor of a fluid hydrocarbon handling installation, said instrument panel processor receiving first and second data sets relative to pressurized fluid contained by, respectively, first and second fluid conveyance structures of said fluid hydrocarbon handling installation; d. said application software being adapted to use data from said geographical position fixing system to detect said handheld computing device's geographical position; and e. said application software being further adapted to cause said data display device to display information relating to one of said first and second data sets based on said handheld computing device's proximity to the corresponding one of said first and second structures.