METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGES BETWEEN APPARATUS ON A WORKSITE

Title:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGES BETWEEN APPARATUS ON A WORKSITE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2005041519

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Operations in a worksite (20) are managed by networking at least some items of apparatus (4, 16, 24, 26, 30, 28, 34) which perform tasks in connection with said worksite and which receive and/or send data. The items of apparatus are organized in hierarchical levels according to a determined dependency relationship of the worksite. Communications are made with an electronic data network comprising management means (74, 76, 66, 64) cooperating with a plurality of communications interfaces (42-46), a given item of apparatus having a data link with a specified communications interface. The management means stores a correspondence between each item of apparatus and an address structure reflecting the hierarchical position of that item of apparatus (4, 16, 24, 26, 30, 28, 34) in the determined dependency relationship of the worksite. It uses that correspondence to establish a communications link with a selected item of apparatus, via its communications interface, in response to a call addressed with an address structure reflecting the hierarchical position of that selected item of apparatus.

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Inventors:

WOON CLEMENT (CH)
MARX BERNHARD (DE)
STEGMAIER PETER (CH)
SCHNEIDER KLAUS (AT)

Application Number:

PCT/EP2004/011905

Publication Date:

June 16, 2005

Filing Date:

October 21, 2004

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Assignee:

LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG (CH)
WOON CLEMENT (CH)
MARX BERNHARD (DE)
STEGMAIER PETER (CH)
SCHNEIDER KLAUS (AT)

International Classes:

G06Q10/00; G06Q50/00; H04L29/08; H04L29/12; (IPC1-7): H04L29/12; H04L29/08

Foreign References:

US20020059320A1	2002-05-16
US6505100B1	2003-01-07
EP1134940A1	2001-09-19
EP1178458A1	2002-02-06

Other References:

PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 21 3 August 2001 (2001-08-03)

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