Patent ID: 8511549

Claim:
An analysis system for analyzing biological samples comprising: a first lab device, a second lab device, and a server computer, wherein: at least one of the first lab device and the second lab device comprises: a user identifier for identifying the user; a device identifier for identifying the lab device; and an interface component which sends the user identifier and the device identifier to the server computer; the server computer comprises: a server interface component which receives the user identifier and the device identifier; and a processing component which determines a step from a variety of steps of a workflow to be executed by the identified user, wherein said workflow comprises at least two steps which are to be executed at different lab devices, wherein the server interface component is operable to send a signal being indicative of the determined step to the lab device identified by the device identifier, and wherein the server computer further comprises a database which assigns a first set of steps of the workflow to the first lab device and assigns a second set of steps of the workflow to the second lab device.