Patent ID: 7711523

Claim:
A web-based instrument and data management system comprising: an instrument controller computer system; at least one analytical instrument connected to said instrument controller computer system; a permissions database accessible by said instrument controller computer system; at least one remote computer in communication with said instrument controller computer system via a network connection, said at least one remote computer having web browser software executing thereon; and web-based instrument interface software executing on said instrument controller computer system, said web-based instrument interface software receiving a web file from the web browsing software executing on said at least one remote computer, extracting a user identifier and a requested action from the web file, determining whether a user of said at least one remote computer is authorized for the requested action based upon the user identifier, the requested action and data stored on said permissions data-base, performing the requested action if the user is authorized, and if the user is not authorized generating and transmitting to the web browsing software executing on said at least one remote computer a web file indicating that the user is not authorized for the requested action.