Patent ID: 8612511

Claim:
A stationary data processing device to communicate with a mobile data processing device, comprising: at least one computer including: a server wirelessly communicating with the mobile data processing device operating as a client, an empty Internet browser being installed on the mobile data processing device to selectively load or reload a standard plug-in and a special plug-in in correspondence with a specific hardware profile of the mobile data processing to implement an augmented reality functionality; legacy systems, including at least one of a Plant Maintenance Management System and a Product Data Management System, that contain and store information; and an information broker providing information corresponding to a current context of a physical object under consideration, location, work situation, input and output units used, and where the information broker provides an information model providing a representation of an information space and navigates within the information of the current context suited to the client independent of access to the legacy systems, and the client accesses data maintained in said legacy systems using the information broker, and the information broker augments the information space in correspondence with a specific hardware profile of any of user interaction units to provide the augmented reality functionality in at least one of an industrial automation system, a production machine, machine tool, and parts thereof, and the information space being changed to meet the specific hardware profile of the mobile data processing device based on the current context by loading or reloading one of the standard plug-in and the special plug-in to said empty browser of the mobile data processing device.