System and method for transmitting analyzed data on a network
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring instrument data collected by an instrument comprising:
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
at least one viewer workstation coupled to a network; and
at least one supervisor workstation coupled to the laboratory workstation and coupled to the viewer workstation through the network, the supervisor workstation acquiring the analyzed instrument data and selectively providing the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation;
wherein;
the laboratory workstation acquires and analyzes the data at predetermined collection-time intervals;
the supervisor workstation acquires the analyzed instrument data at predetermined supervision-time intervals; and
the supervisor workstation provides the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation at predetermined viewing-time intervals.
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Abstract
An instrumentation network data system that transmits periodically measured instrument parameters or data to workstations residing on a computer network. A laboratory workstation residing on the network periodically collects and processes data from the instruments at predetermined collection time-intervals. The laboratory workstation includes a buffering data file to store the analyzed data. A supervisor workstation residing on the network periodically accesses the analyzed data from the buffering data file at predetermined supervision-time intervals and updates a supervision data file in the supervisor working station with the analyzed data. At predetermined viewing-time intervals, the supervisor working station can transmit the analyzed data to at least one viewing workstation residing on the network for remote viewing of the analyzed data.
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43 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring instrument data collected by an instrument comprising:
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
at least one viewer workstation coupled to a network; and
at least one supervisor workstation coupled to the laboratory workstation and coupled to the viewer workstation through the network, the supervisor workstation acquiring the analyzed instrument data and selectively providing the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation;
wherein;
the laboratory workstation acquires and analyzes the data at predetermined collection-time intervals;
the supervisor workstation acquires the analyzed instrument data at predetermined supervision-time intervals; and
the supervisor workstation provides the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation at predetermined viewing-time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
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18. A method of distributing instrument data to viewer workstations on a network, comprising:
- acquiring instrument data from a sample at a laboratory workstation from an instrument;
analyzing the acquired data;
acquiring the analyzed data at a supervisor workstation;
displaying the analyzed data at the supervisor workstation; and
selectively transmitting the analyzed data to at least one viewer workstation;
wherein;
the laboratory workstation acquires and analyzes the data at predetermined collection-time intervals;
the supervisor workstation acquires the analyzed instrument data at predetermined supervision-time intervals; and
the supervisor workstation provides the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation at predetermined viewing-time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- acquiring instrument data from a sample at a laboratory workstation from an instrument;
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31. A system for monitoring instrument data collected by an instrument comprising:
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
at least one supervisor workstation coupled to the laboratory workstation via a first network, the supervisor workstation acquiring the analyzed instrument data and selectively providing the analyzed instrument data to a second network, the first network using first network protocols; and
at least one viewer workstation coupled to the supervisor workstation through the second network, the viewer workstation automatically gaining access to the analyzed instrument data at the supervisor workstation over the second network using second network protocols;
wherein;
the laboratory workstation acquires and analyzes the data at predetermined collection-time intervals;
the supervisor workstation acquires the analyzed instrument data at predetermined supervision-time intervals; and
the supervisor workstation provides the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation at predetermined viewing-time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
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36. A system for monitoring instrument data collected by an instrument comprising:
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
at least one viewer workstation coupled to a network; and
at least one supervisor workstation coupled to the laboratory workstation and coupled to the viewer workstation through the network, the supervisor workstation acquiring the analyzed instrument data and selectively providing the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation; and
wherein the supervisor workstation comprises;
supervision means for determining whether the analyzed data meets predetermined criteria;
wherein;
the laboratory workstation acquires and analyzes the data at predetermined collection-time intervals;
the supervisor workstation acquires the analyzed instrument data at predetermined supervision-time intervals; and
the supervisor workstation provides the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation at predetermined viewing-time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
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43. A system for monitoring instrument data collected by an instrument comprising:
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
at least one viewer workstation coupled to a network; and
at least one supervisor workstation coupled to the laboratory workstation and coupled to the viewer workstation through the network, the supervisor workstation acquiring the analyzed instrument data and selectively providing the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation;
wherein the instrument is adapted to monitor at least one property of the sample selected from the group consisting of concentration, purity, contamination and combinations thereof and the instrument is selected from the group consisting of an incubator, a contamination monitor and combinations thereof;
wherein;
the laboratory workstation acquires and analyzes the data at predetermined collection-time intervals;
the supervisor workstation acquires the analyzed instrument data at predetermined supervision-time intervals; and
the supervisor workstation provides the analyzed instrument data to the viewer workstation at predetermined viewing-time intervals.
- at least one laboratory workstation coupled to the instrument, and acquiring and analyzing instrument data from a sample;
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