Patent ID: 8521312

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a process control instrument at a wireless device when the wireless device is moved into a communication range of the process control instrument in an industrial process system, wherein the wireless device is moved into the communication range of the process control instrument by being moved to a position where the wireless device receives radio frequency signals directly from the process control instrument; presenting to a user, at the wireless device, a first graphical user interface associated with the process control instrument in response to detecting the process control instrument at the wireless device; receiving from the user, via the first graphical user interface, one or more configuration settings associated with the process control instrument; transmitting information identifying the one or more configuration settings to the process control instrument in order to reconfigure the process control instrument; and presenting to the user, at the wireless device, a second graphical user interface when the wireless device is used to perform a function unrelated to interacting with the process control instrument; wherein presenting the first graphical user interface associated with the process control instrument occurs in response to the wireless device detecting the radio frequency signals received directly from the process control instrument.