Patent ID: 7228310

Claim:
A data mining system for providing analysis services directed to industrial control-related data originating at a plurality of subscriber industrial systems, the data mining system in communication with the plurality of subscriber industrial systems, the data mining system further accessible over a network by a user subscriber, the data mining system being associated with a data warehouse and comprising at least one data mining application, the system comprising: data collection means adapted for collecting data from the plurality of subscriber industrial systems; a data warehouse accessible to subscribers, the data warehouse coupled to the data collection means and adapted for storing data, wherein the data is collected from the plurality of subscriber industrial systems and provided to the data warehouse by a plurality of subscribers and wherein the data provided by each subscriber is available to all subscribers; on-line analytical processing means coupled to the data warehouse and adapted for analyzing industrial systems data; user-interface means for presenting to the user subscriber the results of on-line analytical processing; a program application for segregating the data warehouse into one or more data marts, each data mart being segregated according to parameters set by a subscriber and having applicability with a different industrial system; a program application for data mining said data warehouse; a website to receive the subscribers' industrial systems data uploaded by each subscriber; wherein the uploaded data populates the data warehouse; a program application for scrubbing the data when scanned by eliminating header data; wherein each data mart is formed from data sorted and redistributed from the data warehouse where all industrial systems data is stored in a single location accessible to all subscribers; and wherein each industrial system comprises industrial equipment.