Customer extranet portal
First Claim
1. A computerized method of providing information to a customer in the power industry, comprising:
- automatically receiving, for each of a plurality of independent customers, data representing a plurality of characteristics of a power plant device associated with a power plant of a respective independent customer based on monitoring of the power plant device, the data received at a location remote from the power plant;
processing the data;
generating one or more outputs representative of the processed data;
displaying, by a web page of a website, at least one of the outputs in response to a request by one of the plurality of independent customers; and
displaying, by the web page, diagnostic information related to the displayed output.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method of providing information to a customer in the power industry includes automatically receiving data representing a plurality of characteristics of a power plant device associated with a power plant of the customer based on monitoring of the power plant device, in which the data is received at a location remote from the power plant, processing the data, generating one or more outputs representative of the processed data, displaying, by a web page of a website, at least one of the outputs in response to a request by the customer, and displaying, by the web page, diagnostic information related to the displayed output.
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54 Claims
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1. A computerized method of providing information to a customer in the power industry, comprising:
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automatically receiving, for each of a plurality of independent customers, data representing a plurality of characteristics of a power plant device associated with a power plant of a respective independent customer based on monitoring of the power plant device, the data received at a location remote from the power plant;
processing the data;
generating one or more outputs representative of the processed data;
displaying, by a web page of a website, at least one of the outputs in response to a request by one of the plurality of independent customers; and
displaying, by the web page, diagnostic information related to the displayed output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computerized method of providing information to a customer in the power industry, comprising:
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automatically receiving data representing a plurality of characteristics of a power plant device associated with a power plant of the customer based on monitoring of the power plant device, the data received at a location remote from the power plant;
processing the data;
generating one or more outputs representative of the processed data;
displaying, by a web page of a website, at least one of the outputs in response to a request by the customer; and
displaying, by the web page, diagnostic information related to the displayed output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A website hosted by a manufacturer of power plant equipment, comprising:
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a login web page querying a customer for a user identification and a password; and
a home page displaying a plurality of links on the homepage, the plurality of links comprising;
a site statistics link operable to display, in response to a selection of the site statistics link by the customer, a plurality of outputs as links on a site statistics web page, some of the outputs representative of a plurality of operating characteristics of a power plant device of the customer and some of the outputs representative of diagnostic information that is related to the operating characteristics of the power plant device;
an outage plans link operable to display, in response to a selection of the outage plans link by the customer, an outage plan for a power plant device of the customer as a link on a outage plans web page;
a library link operable to display, in response to a selection of the library link by the customer, a plurality of electronic files representing technical information related to the power plant devices that the customer possesses as a link on a library web page;
a news groups link operable to facilitate, in response to a selection of the news groups link by the customer, communication between the customer and a entity selected from the group consisting of a host of the website and another customer;
an online seminars link operable to facilitate the broadcasting, in response to a selection of the online seminars link by the customer, a seminar related to the power plant industry; and
a quick meeting link operable to facilitate, in response to a selection of the quick meeting link by the customer, a videoconference with the customer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. Logic encoded in media for providing information to a customer in the power industry, the logic operable to perform the following steps:
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automatically receive data representing a plurality of characteristics of a power plant device associated with a power plant of the customer based on monitoring of the power plant device, the data received at a location remote from the power plant;
process the data;
generate one or more outputs representative of the processed data;
display, by a web page of a website, at least one of the outputs in response to a request by the customer display, by the web page, diagnostic information related to the displayed output. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A website, comprising:
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a login web page querying a customer for a user identification and a password; and
a home page displaying a plurality of links on the homepage, the plurality of links comprising a site statistics link operable to display, in response to a selection of the site statistics link by the customer, a plurality of outputs as links on a site statistics web page, some of the outputs representative of a plurality of operating characteristics of a power plant device of the customer and some of the outputs representative of diagnostic information that is related to the operating characteristics of the power plant device. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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