Patent ID: 8069239
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A laboratory computer network comprising: a plurality of laboratory instrument workstations connected to respective laboratory instruments, each laboratory instrument workstation being adapted to provide video screen data comprising one or more pixel values of a predetermined screen section, said one or more pixel values indicative of the operational status of the respective laboratory instrument; transmission media adapted to transmit said video screen data from each of said plurality of laboratory instrument workstations; and a central server adapted to receive said video screen data from said transmission media, said central server adapted to monitor said one or more pixel values of said predetermined screen section of the video screen data respectively received from said plurality of laboratory instrument workstations and to provide an indication of a change of state of said one or more pixel values, wherein said change of state corresponds to a change in the operational status of the respective laboratory instrument.