Patent ID: 8126395
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G08C,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to establish a wireless connection between a portable computing device with at least one first computer program application and a first device equipped with a member for radio communication, wherein the first device is a device for production or associated operations in an industrial installation, or an installation for transmission or distribution of energy or electricity, the method comprising: displaying a user-friendly name for a first said device dependent on identity information in a list of said first devices in a graphic display member on a GUI display of a said portable computing device, receiving a signal for selection of said first device from the list of said first devices, activating the user-friendly name or symbol of said first device so as to cause a second computer program application to call a method or service of said first computer program application in order to provide the method or service of the first computer program application or publish a port, or other access channel, for the established wireless connection; returning or publishing a port number or other channel identifier to the first computer program application; causing the radio communication member of the portable computing device to generate a wireless signal to establish a wireless connection with the selected first device; and sending messages or retrieve data wirelessly between the first computer program application and the selected first device.