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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Jeffrey S. Keller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gary L. Hundley, Jr., Hamilton, OH (US);
Patricia A. Charles, Hamilton, OH (US);
Richard M. Gillespie, Florence, KY (US);
Carl G. Fryman, Covington, KY (US);
Christopher R. Hammond, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A process optimization system and method uses a computer network, particularly the Internet, to standardize a process performed at a number of geographically separated locations while assuring optimal use of available process technology. The system includes at least one central server computer system and at least one client-user computer station at each location. Data relating to the process is inputted into the server computer system using any one of the client-user computer stations. The server computer system the uses the data to determine an optimal approach to the process and displays the optimal approach on the client-user computer station used to input the data.