Patent ID: 7310583
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method of measuring, processing, and analyzing electrical variables to solve an operational or production problem, wherein said method comprises the steps of: selecting an electrical variable to measure with a multimeter; connecting the multimeter to a computer using a communication port available in the computer, through a communication cable; selecting a measurement functionality from a storage media of the computer or an Internet site storing a plurality of measurement functionalities; loading the selected measurement functionality from the computer into the multimeter; configuring specific parameters of the selected measurement functionality using the computer; disconnecting the multimeter from the computer; measuring electrical variable data using the multimeter loaded with the selected measurement functionality; connecting the multimeter to the computer; transferring the measured electrical variable data from the multimeter to the computer; transferring the measured electrical variable data from the computer to a server accessible via the Internet; storing the measured electrical variable data on the server, wherein the stored electrical variable data is made publicly available via the Internet; and executing application software in the server to process the stored data and to generate a first report including a statistical analysis of the stored data, the first report identifying an operational or production problem based on the statistical analysis and identifying a potential solution to the problem.