Patent ID: 8990894
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,G09B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for administering an examination for quality assured analytical testing by an actual user and for managing an analytical instrument by an administrator comprising: the analytical instrument comprising a microprocessor programmed to conduct an analytical testing routine, and an input section to determine the actual user of the instrument, the microprocessor being further programmed to check if the actual user is a certified user permitted to conduct the testing routine; and a server connected to the analytical instrument and which runs an Instrument Management System (IMS) program which provides an examination module that is at least hosted on the server and programmed to: a Learning Management System (LMS) workstation connected to the server, the LMS workstation being a different component in the system from the analytical instrument and which is configured to permit the administrator to log into the server: the IMS program is configured to delete a user certificate if the actual user fails the examination or if the time frame for which the user certificate is valid has expired by deleting the user certificate from a list of certified users; and the microprocessor of the analytical instrument is programmed to download program data or content data to the analytical instrument via the LMS workstation to check if the user certificate for the actual user is available by determining if the actual user is on the list of certified users, and deny access to the analytical testing routine if the actual user is not on the list of certified users.