Content is generated on a host system based on real-time data from a
controlled process collected over the internet from a customer's client
automation system, such as a machine tool control system. The client
system may request content from a host website. Instructions associated
with the requested content, which may be in the form of software to be
run on the client, is delivered to the client via download over the
internet. The client, executing the software, captures real-time data
associated with a controlled process and transmits it to the host, where
content based on the data can be generated for the client and/or its
owner. Data gathered by the host, and content generated on the basis of
the data, may be made accessible to machine tool manufacturers. Also,
data received by the host is associated with an identifier defined for
each client system. A historical database for given client equipment can
thereby be created.