Patent ID: 8708041

Claim:
A wellbore instrument system, comprising: a drill string extending from earth's surface into a wellbore comprising segments of drill pipe coupled together forming pipe joints and a signal communication channel coupled at a plurality of the pipe joints of the drill string wherein at least a portion of the drill string is wired drill pipe; a well logging instrument string having at least one wireline configurable wellbore instrument coupled to the drill string and at least one sensor therein for measuring a physical parameter, the wireline configurable wellbore instrument in signal communication with the signal communication channel in the drill string wherein the wireline configurable wellbore instrument cannot be used for conducting drilling operations as a part of the drill string and may not be coupled to the drill string during drilling of the wellbore; a controller functionally associated with the instrument string and configured to initiate operation of the at least one wireline configurable wellbore instrument upon detection of a command signal; and an adapter sub coupled to a lower end of the drill string, wherein the adapter sub provides a signal coupling between the signal communication channel and the at least one wireline configurable wellbore instrument, and wherein the adapter sub comprises one or more devices that detect and process signal commands, signal communications and data transmission between the at least one wireline configurable wellbore instrument and the earth's surface and wherein the adapter sub is operable to retain the at least one wireline configurable wellbore instrument in a longitudinal position partially extended from an end of the adapter sub.