Patent ID: 7962576

Claim:
A system for querying a remote server over a network, the system comprising: a processor wherein the processor is adapted to: detect generation of input data containing measured parameters of a substance, wherein the measured parameters are rheological measurements of a petroleum product, search a network-addressable storage memory device to determine if conversion results corresponding to the measured parameters are stored therein from a prior conversion procedure, wherein the conversion results include volumetric conversions, and if the conversion results are stored in the storage memory device, provide the stored conversion results from the prior conversion procedure from the storage memory device, if the conversion results are not stored in the storage memory device, transmit a query with the measured parameters to a service at the remote server over the network, receive computed conversion results in response thereto, provide the computed conversion results from the remote server, and store the computed conversion results in the storage memory device, wherein the stored computed conversion results are accessible for a future conversion procedure from the storage memory device.