Patent ID: 8254207

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an antenna module, wherein: the antenna module comprises a wireless transmitter and a memory medium coupled to the wireless transmitter for storing digital seismic data, the wireless transmitter is operable to wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the digital seismic data stored on the memory medium to a data collector, and the memory medium is operable to receive the digital seismic data from each of a plurality of seismic receivers external to the apparatus, wherein at least two seismic receivers of the plurality are operable to detect seismic energy and convert the seismic energy into the digital seismic data for storage in the memory medium; and an interface module removably coupled to the antenna module, wherein the interface module comprises a connector for coupling the apparatus to the plurality of seismic receivers; wherein the memory medium is operable to receive from the at least two seismic receivers of the plurality of seismic receivers the digital seismic data through the interface module, wherein the apparatus is configured to store the digital data received from the plurality of seismic receivers to the memory medium and to communicate to an external device for realtime review a selected portion of the digital data received from the plurality of seismic receivers, and wherein, upon removal of the antenna module from coupling to the interface module, the antenna module is configured to retain at least a portion of the digital seismic data received from the each of the plurality of seismic receivers external to the apparatus.