Patent ID: 8006117

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a memory; a real-time operating system; a user interface; one or more processors in a processing system, wherein the processing system is configured to: operate a transceiver, detect a new device within communication range of the transceiver, detect a protocol used by the new device, communicate with the new device in response to the detected protocol conforming with a protocol used by the processing system; an application management system configured to: identify data parameters that include at least one of data codes, data type and device ID associated with the new device, verify the new device data parameters as at least one of authorized or unauthorized; and responsive to verifying the data parameters as authorized, connect to the new device, dynamically configure an application to process the data types and launch the application in the distributed processing system, wherein the application in response to launching is configured to take over control and operation of the new device including: initiating transfer of data from the new device to the operating system; and initiate processing of the data received from the new device.