Patent ID: 7027931

Claim:
A computer system for evaluating the performance of a quantitative analyzer relative to a group of quantitative analyzers, the quantitative analyzer capable of measuring the composition of a test analyte having an expected composition, comprising: a database having stored therein, for a plurality of quantitative analyzers, statistical data for the test analyte, including expected statistical data representing the expected composition of the test analyte; a computer coupled to the database and to a communication network; a data collection module in the computer for electronically receiving data from the communication network representing a measured composition of the test analyte from a quantitative analyzer for storage into the database; and an error checking module in the computer for comparing the received data with the expected composition in real time with the receipt of the received data bv the data collection modules wherein the error checking module includes an error reporting function for reporting, in real time to a remote user over the communication network, received data outside a range of expected data for the expected composition and the error reporting function is capable of receiving a corrected data value from the user for entry storage into the database.