Patent ID: 6499054
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G09B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A system for remote physical process access and operation, comprising:a laboratory server operatively coupled to at least one said physical process and configured to monitor and control said physical process; at least one client process, said client process configured to provide control instructions to said physical process and to receive data from said physical process, wherein said data is dynamic data which comprises a live image of said physical process; a connection server operatively coupled to said laboratory server and said client process, said connection server configured to route said control instructions from said client process to said laboratory server and to route said dynamic data from said laboratory server to said client process via said computer network; a video camera positioned in association with said physical process, said camera operatively coupled to said connection server and configured to transmit an image of said physical process to said client process via said connection server; and a video server operatively coupled to said video camera and said connection server, said video server configured to acquire said live image of said physical process.