Patent ID: 7005846

Claim:
A measurement device adapted to acquire and process data from an external device and display a representation of the data, said measurement device comprising: a graphical user interface logic adapted to display the representation of the data on a graphical user interface; application control logic adapted to receive text information from an application into a user-editable text file and adapted to extend functionality of the measurement device by augmenting the functionality of the graphical user interface with the text information, wherein the text information specifies an object to be displayed on the graphical user interface and an insertion location of the object in the graphical user interface; a remote control mechanism to allow the one of the new applications to control the measurement device; and wherein the application control comprises: an install interface to install a new application using the graphical user interface; an extension interface to extend the graphical user interface to accommodate the new application; a launch interface to launch the new application using the extended graphical user interface; and a control interface to allow the new application to control the measurement device through the remote control mechanism of the measurement device.