A method for transferring information from at least one instrument or device to an application running on a mobile device, remote computer, over a network, or the like, comprising: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure, the format being known by the at least one instrument or device and the application; customizing the central protocol structure through identifying what information a data packet and or byte transmitted using the central protocol structure corresponds to; transmitting, over a short-range wireless communication channel, information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is contained within a broadcast packet that is formatted per the format defined by the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, and over the short-range wireless communication channel, the broadcast packet containing information from the at least one instrument or device regardless of whether another device is requesting the broadcast packet or is within proximity to receive the broadcast packet; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained using the format of the central protocol structure; whereby the broadcast packet is dynamically updated as new information is produced by the at least one instrument or device; wherein the device is selected from a water quality measurement device, a personal activity tracker, a smartwatch, a medical diagnostic device, a material sensing device, a laboratory testing device, a patient monitoring device, an environmental sensing device, and a location sensing device. establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure, the format being known by the at least one instrument or device and the application; customizing the central protocol structure through identifying what information a data packet and or byte transmitted using the central protocol structure corresponds to; transmitting, over a short-range wireless communication channel, information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is contained within a broadcast packet that is formatted per the format defined by the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, and over the short-range wireless communication channel, the broadcast packet containing information from the at least one instrument or device regardless of whether another device is requesting the broadcast packet or is within proximity to receive the broadcast packet; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained using the format of the central protocol structure; whereby the broadcast packet is dynamically updated as new information is produced by the at least one instrument or device; wherein the device is selected from a water quality measurement device, a personal activity tracker, a smartwatch, a medical diagnostic device, a material sensing device, a laboratory testing device, a patient monitoring device, an environmental sensing device, and a location sensing device. <EOS>