Patent ID: 7069186

Claim:
A method for remotely controlling through an electronic connection one or more systems that include a spectral measurement device, comprising the steps of: providing at least a first system at a first location; at a second location remote from the first location, generating one or more operational commands for the first system; transmitting, via the electronic connection, the one or more operational commands to at least the first system; receiving the one or more operational commands with the first system; operating the first system in accordance with the one or more operational commands, wherein spectral measurements are made in one or a plurality of locations remote from the second location in accordance with the one or more operational commands transmitted from the second location; wherein the one or more operational commands transmitted to at least the first system include a software upgrade for the first system, wherein after receipt of the software upgrade the first system operates based on the software upgrade; wherein the software upgrade includes updated color reference data, wherein the first system takes one or more spectral measurements of an object or material and outputs one or more closest matches to colors or shades based on the updated color reference data.