Method of configuring a smart mobile device for remote control of a target process

A system for configuring a smart mobile device for remote control of a target process, which mobile device comprises a tag reader, an interface to a communications network, and an operating system capable of dispatching a URI to be handled by a URI handler selected from among a plurality of URI handlers that are installed on the mobile device, characterized by comprising:

• a mobile client application for controlling the target process, the mobile client application being a URI handler that is downloadable into the mobile device via the communications network;
• a local configuration service which is downloadable into the mobile device via the communications network and which is a URI handler capable of:
• parsing a specific URI that is related to the target process,
• connecting, via the communications network and on the basis of parameters inferred from the parsed URI, to an external configuration service for downloading the mobile application, and
• returning said specific URI to the operating system, thereby causing the same to call up the mobile client application;
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• a data tag assigned to the target process and having encoded therein a network address of the external configuration service as well as a process ID of the target process.

A smart mobile device comprising a tag reader, an interface to a communications network, and an operating system capable of dispatching a URI to be handled by a URI handler selected from among a plurality of URI handlers that are installed on the mobile device, characterized by comprising:

• a data tag reader for reading a data tag assigned to an external target process, the target process to be remotely controlled by the mobile device, the data tag having encoded therein a network address of an external configuration service as well as a process ID of the target process.
• a local configuration service which is downloadable into the mobile device via the communications network and which is a URI handler capable of:
• parsing a specific URI that is related to the target process,
• connecting, via the communications network and on the basis of parameters inferred from the parsed URI to the external configuration service for downloading a mobile application for controlling the target process, the mobile client application being a URI handler that is downloadable into the mobile device via the communications network, and
• returning said specific URI to the operating system, thereby causing the same to call up the mobile client application.