Patent ID: 8255358

Claim:
A method for providing asset management information to a customer application, said method comprising: receiving information from a first reporting source about an asset, wherein said first reporting source is a first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset; receiving information from a second reporting source about said asset wherein said second reporting source is a second device disparate from said first device and wherein said information comprises operation and status of said asset; receiving information from a third reporting source about a second asset wherein said third reporting source is disparate from said first reporting source and said second reporting source; wherein at least one of said first reporting source, said second reporting source and said third reporting source is not coupled with said asset; populating a database with said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source, such that said information from said first reporting source and said information from said second reporting source can be collected from said database; receiving at a database a customized asset information report query automatically generated by a custom report module of an asset information report generator; configuring an asset information report in a customized arrangement of asset information specified by said custom report module; and providing said asset information report from said database to a customer application wherein said asset information report comprises customized information about said asset and wherein said asset information report is formatted into an electronic file type readable by said customer application which is specified in said custom report module.