Patent ID: 7581032

Claim:
A method for accessing an automation appliance device having a standardized interface comprising: configuring a user interface coupled to a first data processing device, the user interface comprising a first screen area, a second screen area and a third screen area; sending a call from the first data processing device via a data network to a second data processing device, wherein the call contains an address for identifying the second data processing device, and wherein the call further contains an address for identifying the automation appliance device and a file with variables of the automation appliance device to be requested; in the second data processing device, extracting the address of the automation appliance device contained in the data of the call from the first data processing device to the second data processing device for identifying the automation appliance device; accessing information of the of the automation appliance device via the standardized interface of the automation appliance device by the address extracted in the second data processing device; in the second data processing device, replacing the variables contained in the file with values transferred from the automation appliance device; and sending the file with the values to the first data processing device, wherein the configuring of the user interface comprises: identifying in the first screen area the variables of the automation appliance device to be requested; displaying in the second screen area the values transferred from the automation appliance device; and identifying in the third screen area the address of the automation appliance device.