Patent ID: 7272540

Claim:
A method for multistage data processing in a power generating station, comprising: acquiring data regarding the electric power generating station; selecting portions of the acquired data wherein said data is based upon measured values obtained by a sensor; providing a respective information element that is associated, transmitted and stored along with each respective portion of the acquired data; identifying a respective processing status for each respective portion of the acquired data; assigning each identified processing status of each respective portion of the acquired data to its associated information element; sequentially processing each portion of the acquired data by a plurality of autonomous data processing modules, wherein a processing sequence is based at least in part upon the assigned processing status of each respective portion of the acquired data; and changing the status of a respective information element to indicate a processing status change regarding the portion of the acquired data associated with said respective information element, wherein the status processing change occurs due to one or more processing actions performed by at least one of the data processing modules.