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Computer system and method for process safety management

  • US 5,800,181 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1996
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer network system, comprising:

  • a facilitator workstation with a facilitator display and data input means for inputting data into the system including preloaded data;

    multiple participant workstations with participant displays and data input means for inputting data into the system, and each workstation having means to control the functions of the workstation;

    team display means communicating with the facilitator workstation for displaying several thousand characters of text simultaneously to a plurality of participants;

    network means for communication between the facilitator workstation and a plurality of the participant workstations;

    automatic means to control the communication between the facilitator workstation and a plurality of the participant workstations, and to control the functions of the facilitator workstation;

    collection means to automatically collect data from a plurality of participant workstations simultaneously input at a plurality of input means and to display the preloaded data along with the received data simultaneously to a plurality of participants, and to provide for revising the data to resolve any inconsistencies in the received data;

    database means for storing and retrieving data;

    means for categorizing and organizing the data collected from the participants by the collection means and transmitting the organized data to the database means;

    word processing means for additional input and organization of the data transmitted to the data base into one or more documents;

    means for retrieving the data from the database and further organizing the data for use in the word processing means;

    means for inputting, and storing, questions prior to a group meeting for subsequent retrieving and displaying during a group meeting; and

    education means for presenting in a group meeting depending on input at the facilitator workstation, the previously loaded questions using team display means.

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