Patent ID: 6343262
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for maintenance of a measuring instrument which has a detector for detecting an object to be measured and outputting a detected value, and a measurement computer, and which outputs a measured value being the result of a measurement on the basis of the detected value coming from said detector;said method comprising the steps of: a first transmitting step for transmitting information of a type of said measuring instrument and requesting maintenance from said measurement computer to a first of a plurality of maintenance computers, respectively, installed at a plurality of servicing centers in compliance with an appointed maintenance support program; a judging step by which said first maintenance computer judges, in compliance with a judgment program, whether or not the corresponding servicing center is able to perform maintenance, on the basis of the time and date when said information is received; a selecting step by which, in a case where said corresponding servicing center is not able to execute maintenance, said first maintenance computer selects a second servicing center, which is able to execute the maintenance, from said plurality of servicing centers on the basis of the time and date and the type of said measuring instrument in compliance with a selection program according to the results of said judgment; and a second transmitting step by which said first maintenance computer transmits the information received from said measurement computer to a second maintenance computer at said second servicing center selected above in compliance with a transfer program.