| 摘要 |
A method is disclosed for conveying component data identifying a component and indicating one or more states of the component existing during component operation (e.g., one or more component operating conditions). One embodiment of the method includes receiving a component data file including the component data, and transmitting the component data file (e.g., to a component data repository). Prior to the transmitting, the component data file may be compressed an/or encrypted. For example, a transmitted encrypted compressed component data file may be received and decrypted to produce a copy of a compressed component data file. The compressed component data file may be decompressed to produce a copy of the component data file, and the component data may be extracted from the component data file. Multiple component data files may be received at different times, compressed to produce corresponding compressed component data files, and the compressed component data files may be stored in a designated location. At a designated time, the compressed component data files may be retrieved, encrypted to produce corresponding encrypted compressed component data files, and the encrypted compressed component data files may be transmitted. A computer system implementing the method is described. A carrier medium is also described that includes program instructions for carrying out the method. The carrier medium may be, for example, a computer-readable storage medium such as a floppy disk or a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) disk.
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