Patent ID: 7457675

Claim:
In an enterprise having an asset, a method of monitoring the asset comprising: providing at least one computer with a viewing monitor; providing a stand-alone software system for monitoring the asset, said stand-alone software system being runnable on said at least one computer and being operable to transmit data items for a condition of said asset; providing a process automation software system runnable on said at least one computer and including a human system interface (HSI) and a generic asset monitor having a changeable condition table with a generic condition entry; modifying said generic asset monitor to create a custom asset monitor specific to said asset, said modifying including changing said generic condition entry in said condition table to correspond to said condition of said asset; generating a web rage containing information about said condition; transmitting said data items in a single data string from said stand-alone software system, said data items including a description of said condition, a status of said condition and a Uniform Resource Locator for said web page; receiving said data items from said stand-alone software system in said process automation software system; parsing said data string; monitoring said status of said condition in said custom asset monitor; and displaying said status and said description of said condition in said HSI.