Patent ID: 8176409

Claim:
A system for electronically publishing analysis of raw data generated by an instrument, comprising: a publication computer connected to a network and configured using a publisher application; a user computer connected to the network and configured using a reader application; wherein the publication computer is configured to: format the raw data; generate a report by analyzing the formatted raw data using an analysis strategy; and generate a file including the report generated by analyzing the formatted raw data using the analysis strategy where the formatted raw data and the analysis strategy are embedded in the file; wherein the publication computer is configured by the publisher application to publish the file for access by the user computer using the reader application; wherein the user computer is configured by the reader application to receive the published file; wherein the user computer is configured by the reader application to: display the report contained within a published file; perform modifications of the analysis strategy; and create an updated report by applying the modified analysis strategy to the formatted raw data embedded within the published file; and wherein the user computer is configured using the reader application so that the user computer cannot load raw data unless the raw data is formatted and embedded within a file published using the publisher application.