Patent ID: 7010294

Claim:
A control system for controlling, configuring or monitoring field devices in an industrial process, said control system being connected to a plurality of field devices and comprising: at least one mobile terminal arranged to communicate with the control system over a cellular communication system in order to selectively remotely control, configure or monitor the field devices; and an interactive user interface associated with the control system, said user interface utilizing configuration, control and management data maintained in at least one database of the control system and being accessible by the mobile terminal through a dedicated data connection established over the cellular communication system, in order to selectively control, configure or monitor the field devices connected to the control system, said interactive user interface being configured to modify content of the interactive user interface in response to requests or selections made by the mobile terminal and based on the configuration, control and management data retrieved from said at least one database of the control system, and to create control or configuration commands to the control system in response to selections or inputs made by the mobile terminal user in the interactive user interface.