A data mining system directed to industrial applications gathers data remotely from a plurality of industrial plants or sites and makes the gathered data available over a network to a user running a data mining application or on-line analytical process means to generate and, if desired, visualize results....http://www.google.com/patents/US20020123996?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020123996 - Data mining system, method and apparatus for industrial applications