Patent ID: 8381838

Claim:
A system for directing the drilling of a well at a drill-site, comprising: (a) an instructing unit communicatively coupled with a central unit, the instructing unit configured to receive one or more drilling instructions from an instructing driller, send received drilling instructions to the central unit, receive one or more instruction confirmations from the central unit, and present received instruction confirmations to the instructing driller; (b) an instructed unit located at the drill-site and communicatively coupled with the central unit, the instructed unit configured to receive one or more instruction confirmations from an instructed driller, send received instruction confirmations to the central unit, receive one or more drilling instructions from the central unit, and present received drilling instructions to the instructed driller; and wherein (c) the central unit is communicatively coupled with the instructing unit and instructed unit, and comprises: (i) a receiver configured to receive one or more drilling instructions from the instructing unit and one or more instruction confirmations from the instructed unit; (ii) a memory having stored therein a data structure for storing received drilling instructions, received instruction confirmations, and slide sheet information; (iii) a logger communicatively coupled to the receiver and the memory, the logger configured to store received drilling instructions and received instruction confirmations in the memory; (iv) a slide sheet manager communicatively coupled to the receiver and the memory, the slide sheet manager configured to generate slide sheet information from the received drilling instructions and store the slide sheet information in the memory; and (v) a transmitter communicatively coupled to the receiver, the transmitter configured to transmit received drilling instructions to the instructed unit and received instruction confirmations to the instructing unit.