Patent ID: 7092989

Claim:
An Internet-based lubricant evaluation and reporting system comprising: an application service provider; a server operable by said application service provider, said server including an operating control system, an Internet connection and lubricant evaluation software executable on said control system to administer a database of lubricant related data; a client connected over the Internet to said application service provider, by an Internet browser running on a remote computer non-local from said application service provider, to thereby facilitate communications related to the use of said lubricant evaluation software over said Internet between said server and said client; and a hypertext markup language compliant page on said server and accessible through said Internet connection, said hypertext markup language compliant page displaying output generated by said lubricant evaluation software and having an embedded function displayed on said page and operable to facilitate said communications related to the use of said lubricant evaluation software over the Internet between said server and said client; wherein said embedded function is operable to run at said server, when said Internet browser running on said remote computer accesses said hypertext markup language compliant page, and said embedded function is selected, to thereby permit selected access by said client using said Internet browser to said lubricant evaluation software, in order to access said lubricant related data; wherein said Internet-based lubricant evaluation and reporting system further comprises a plurality of clients connected over the Internet to said application service provider, by a respective Internet browser running on a respective remote computer non-local from said application service provider, to thereby facilitate communications related to the use of said lubricant evaluation software over said Internet between said server and said clients; wherein said data on said database comprises records uniquely related to each of said plurality of clients, the records for each client being separate and distinct from the records for each other client; wherein said lubricant evaluation software permits each of said plurality of clients to access its own uniquely related records in said database, and selectively precludes each of said plurality of clients from accessing the records in said database of each other client; and wherein said lubricant evaluation software permits said clients to search for data within their own uniquely related records by means of a lubricant sample date.