Patent ID: 8651377

Claim:
An analysis system for a user to analyze biological samples comprising: a first lab device; a second lab device; a storage component which stores a workflow, wherein the workflow comprises at least two steps which are to be executed at different lab devices; a server computer coupled to the storage component; and a mobile device, wherein: at least one of the first lab device and the second lab device comprises: a user identification component for identifying the user via a user identifier, a device identification component for identifying the lab device via a device identifier, and an interface component which is configured to send the user identifier from the user identification component and the device identifier from the device identification component to the server computer; the server computer comprises: a server interface component which is configured to receive the user identifier and the device identifier, and a processing component which is configured to determine a step from the steps of the workflow that is to be executed by the identified user, and wherein the server interface component is operable to send a signal being indicative of at least one determined step of the workflow to be executed by the identified user to both the lab device identified by the device identifier and the mobile device; and the mobile device is configured to receive the signal indicating the at least one determined step of the workflow to be executed by the identified user and the signal indicating which of the at least one of the first and second lab devices is to be used for execution of the at least one determined step of the workflow.