Patent ID: 7961320

Claim:
A color measurement system, comprising: a. at least one color measurement instrument in communication with an operating system program that is adapted to communicate color measurement-related information to an OS notification center; and b. at least one program, instrument or application in communication with the OS notification center for automatic receipt of a notification that color-measurement-related information has been received from the at least one color measurement instrument at said OS notification center; wherein the operating system program is adapted to automatically broadcast a notification to said at least one program, instrument or application when color measurement-related information is received at said OS notification center; and wherein the operating system program is adapted to (i) maintain a continuous connection with the at least one color measurement instrument through an application programming interface, (ii) broadcast color measurement-related information to the at least one program, instrument or application that is programmed to listen for such broadcast, and (iii) receive at least one command or other input from said at least one program, instrument or application.