Patent ID: 7702694

Claim:
A method for organizing, managing, and accessing large quantities of data received from a plurality of non-homogenous data sources comprising the steps of: defining a specific format for storing the received data in a plurality of data records in a centralized database; creating a plurality of datasets including a definition and a translation for each data item, the plurality of datasets establishing the data that is transferred into or out of the centralized database; storing the plurality of datasets in the centralized database; creating a plurality of value tags for the centralized database defining a plurality of data formats and database column names to use in importing or exporting data; creating an inbound interface for the centralized database for accepting data from the plurality of non-homogenous data sources wherein the data represent measured values of physical resources; receiving a plurality of data from the plurality of non-homogenous data sources and storing the received data in the centralized database without any information loss; creating an outbound interface for the centralized database for exporting data upon request to an external application; and providing the requested data to the external application using dynamic processing logic in the stored data.