Patent ID: 11869636
Assignee: FOSS ANALYTICAL A/S
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method of operating an analysis instrument, the method comprising:
receiving, at a sample receiving device, one or more particular samples from a separate user of a plurality of users; and
in response to a determination that the one or more particular samples are received at the sample receiving device from the separate user,
controlling the sample receiving device to extract an aliquot of each particular sample of the one or more particular samples,
controlling an analysis device to perform an analysis of each aliquot of each particular sample received at the sample receiving device and to generate a particular output based on the performed analysis of each aliquot of each particular sample, such that the particular output corresponds to the one or more particular samples received from the separate user,
generating an identifier that is unique to the separate user of the plurality of users and to the one or more particular samples, the identifier generated without user input from the separate user, the identifier consisting of one or more of
(i) one or more graphic symbols,
(ii) one or more colours, or
(iii) one or more numbers,

associating at least a portion of the particular output with the identifier that is unique to the separate user, and
supplying the identifier and the portion of the particular output that is associated with the identifier to a display device and controlling the display device to display the identifier together with the portion of the particular output that is associated with the identifier.