Delivery and display of measurement instrument data via a network
First Claim
1. A method for viewing measurement data, comprising:
- a) programming a measurement instrument to acquire measurement data and provide the measurement data to a server;
b) programming the server to transmit the measurement data to a client; and
c) programming the client to render a three-dimensional graphical display of the measurement data.
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Abstract
A client/server arrangement which allows measurement instruments to transmit measurement data to a client in lieu of image data. Measurement data is preferably raw digitized data which has been acquired from a signal source. The transmission of measurement data via the client/server arrangement results in the transmission of much less data over a network, and results in the faster transmission of data. Given the greater and faster resources that a client such as a personal computer or workstation might have, the client will often be able to generate and update a waveform display faster than the measurement instrument. The client can also generate alternate and more complex displays which the measurement instrument is unable to generate, including three-dimensional displays such as waterfall and spectrogram displays. Furthermore, the client can generate multiple displays from the same measurement data, and different clients can generate different displays.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for viewing measurement data, comprising:
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a) programming a measurement instrument to acquire measurement data and provide the measurement data to a server;
b) programming the server to transmit the measurement data to a client; and
c) programming the client to render a three-dimensional graphical display of the measurement data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for viewing measurement data, comprising:
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a) programming a measurement instrument to acquire measurement data and provide the measurement data to a server;
b) programming the server to transmit the measurement data to a client; and
c) programming the client to render a persistence display of the measurement data.
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13. A method for viewing measurement data, comprising:
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a) programming a measurement instrument with graphical rendering capability to acquire measurement data and provide the measurement data to a server;
b) programming the server to transmit the measurement data to a client; and
c) programming the client to render a three-dimensional graphical display of the measurement data, wherein said graphical rendering undertaken by the client is independent of any graphical rendering undertaken by the measurement instrument. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for viewing measurement data, comprising:
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a) programming a measurement instrument with graphical rendering capability to acquire measurement data and provide the measurement data to a server;
b) programming the server to transmit the measurement data to a client; and
c) programming the client to render a persistence display of the measurement data, wherein said graphical rendering undertaken by the client is independent of any graphical rendering undertaken by the measurement instrument.
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20. Apparatus for displaying measurement data, comprising:
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a) a number of computer readable media; and
b) program code stored in said number of computer readable media, said program code comprising;
i) program code for displaying command entry elements and display preference elements through a graphical user interface, wherein said command entry elements are provided for receiving instrument commands from a user, and wherein said display preference elements are provided for receiving display preferences from a user;
ii) program code for transmitting said instrument commands to a measurement instrument; and
iii) program code for graphically rendering a three-dimensional display of measurement data received from said measurement instrument, said rendering being performed at least partly in response to said display preferences. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. Apparatus for displaying measurement data, comprising:
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a) a number of computer readable media; and
b) program code stored in said number of computer readable media, said program code comprising;
i) program code for displaying command entry elements and display preference elements through a graphical user interface, wherein said command entry elements are provided for receiving instrument commands from a user, and wherein said display preference elements are provided for receiving display preferences from a user;
ii) program code for transmitting said instrument commands to a measurement instrument; and
iii) program code for graphically rendering a persistence display of measurement data received from said measurement instrument, said rendering being performed at least partly in response to said display preferences.
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24. Apparatus for displaying measurement data, comprising:
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a) means for programming a measurement instrument to transmit measurement data to a client; and
b) means for programming the client to display the measurement data three-dimensionally, and in real-time.
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