Patent ID: 7529742

Claim:
A computer implemented system for managing supply and demand information of mobile drilling units for a user, said system includes a data processor programmed to receive and store electronically received data in a relational database in an electronic storage medium, said system comprises: an application program in communication with said data processor to access from said storage medium a time period specific supply query, wherein said time period specific supply query comprising a rig table field with technical requirements with at least one piece of data for obtaining a set of supply data, and a demand time period specific drilling demand requirement query with at least one technical specification for obtaining a set of demand drilling demand data; and a database processor in communication with said application program to receive at least one query, wherein said query is from said relational database, wherein said relational database comprising mobile rig unit technical specifications with time periods of availability in communication with a database, wherein said relational database provides a set of data mobile drilling unit technical specifications responsive to the query, and an available mobile rig unit usage data prospective usage data and historical usage data, wherein the application program comprises computer instructions for storing the set of data mobile drilling technical specifications to translate the set of data into a viewable online report representing the set of technical specifications, transmitting the viewable online report to a user contact device that matches the time period specific supply query and the time period specific drilling demand requirement query to available usage data, prospective usage data and historical usage data, wherein said specific drilling demand requirement query comprises a set of drilling demand data, wherein said set of drilling demand data comprising a member of the group consisting of: demand geographic location; drilling logistics; estimated time frame for use of drilling equipment; demand mobile drilling unit drilling depth and well specifications; mobile drilling unit day rate; geophysical conditions; number of wells; type of wells; time requirements for open demand mobile drilling units; working water depth; preferred type of demand mobile drilling unit; date tender offer is due for drilling; and combinations thereof; creating a session object from each of the supply query and the demand drilling requirement query to generate result objects; and generating a hypertext markup language page having embedded therein image tags, wherein each image tag has embedded therein an “src” component to pull the supply query and the demand drilling requirement query from the session object.