Method and apparatus for data mining of an ultrasound scanner

Apparatus for acquiring system event data, at a third location, from ultrasound scanners being at locations remote from said third location, said apparatus comprising:

• a first ultrasound scanner being at a first location and being of a first platform type;
• a second ultrasound scanner being at a second location and being of a second platform type;
• a first data mining module being at said first location and interfacing to said first ultrasound scanner to monitor first system events and capture first system event data in a set of first log files;
• a second data mining module being at said second location and interfacing to said second ultrasound scanner to monitor second system events and capture second system event data in a set of second log files;
• a first log viewer component being at said first location and interfacing to said first data mining module and translating said first system event data from said set of first log files to an Internet-compatible format at regular, pre-defined time intervals;
• a second of log viewer component being at said second location and interfacing to said second data mining module and translating said second system event data from said set of second log files to an Internet-compatible format at regular, pre-defined time intervals;
• a first web server cooperating with said first log viewer component at said first location to transfer said first system event data in said Internet-compatible format from said first location to said third location through an Internet protocol-based interface;
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• a second web server cooperating with said second instance of said log viewer component at said second location to transfer said second system event data in said Internet-compatible format from said second location to said third location through an Internet protocol-based interface.