Method and system for monitoring and reporting equipment operating conditions and diagnostic information

A method for condition based monitoring of an asset comprising:

• a. sensing time sequenced operational information about the asset through at least one sensor associated with the asset;
• b. transferring the operational information to a first storage device;
• c. dividing the operational information into a plurality of data packets, with each data packet containing a portion of the operational information;
• d. transmitting the plurality of data packets from a first storage device into respective mapped locations within multiple, dedicated databases provided in at least one remote storage device;
• e. storing the operational information as auxiliary data packets with a link to the source operational information in one or more of the mapped locations;
• f. subsequently retrieving select ones of the plurality of data packets from one or more of the mapped locations;
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• g. receiving user criteria for a desired analysis, wherein the select ones of the plurality of data packets is determined based on the user criteria.

A system for monitoring operational conditions of an asset comprising:

• a. at least one sensor provided to monitor one or more operational parameters of the asset;
• b. a data acquisition device for collecting time sequenced operational information from the at least one sensor representative of a changing physical attribute of the asset;
• c. a local storage device;
• d. a transmitter for transmitting the operational information to the local storage device;
• e. a processor configured to divide the operational information into a plurality of data packets each containing a portion of the operational information, transmit the plurality of data packets from the local storage device into respective mapped locations within multiple, dedicated databases provided in at least one remote storage device;
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• f. software configured to retrieve select ones of the plurality of the data packets from one or more of the mapped locations, and analyzing the time sequenced operational information from the select ones of the plurality of data packets during an analysis of a predetermined operational feature of the asset.

A method for monitoring of an asset comprising:

• a. sensing time sequenced operational information about the asset through at least one sensor associated with the asset, wherein the operational information encompasses a physical dimension of the asset;
• b. transferring the operational information to a first storage device;
• c. dividing the operational information into a plurality of data packets, with each data packet containing a portion of the operational information;
• d. transmitting the plurality of data packets from a first storage device into respective mapped locations within multiple, dedicated databases provided in at least one remote storage device;
• e. subsequently retrieving select ones of the plurality of data packets from one or more of the mapped locations;
• f. receiving user criteria for a desired analysis, wherein the select ones of the plurality of data packets is determined based on the user criteria.