US Patent 7634377 Unitary data format for measurement devices

A method of processing data includes providing input data by a measurement device, converting the input data into output data provided in a unified data format, wherein the unified data format is a unique data format which is independent of individual formats of various measurement devices, wherein the unique data format is a relational data format, and the relational data format is a format in which data items are grouped to data item groups being logically linked to one another, and further processing the output data.