Patent
1997-05-02
2000-02-08
Swann, Tod R.
G06F 1300
Patent
active
060235853
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided of installing device drivers in a host processing system coupled to a number of peripheral devices. At system initialization, the host processing system requests the peripheral devices to which it is coupled to each provide a device code for identifying the type of the peripheral device. The host processing system receives the device codes from the peripheral devices and transmits the device codes to a remote server over a network, such as the Internet. The remote server selects an appropriate device driver for each peripheral device from a plurality of stored device drivers based on the device codes received from the host processing system and then transmits the device drivers to the host processing system over the network. This driver download process is carried out with no intervention from the user.
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Bucher Tim
Perlman Stephen G.
Smithers Matthew
Swann Tod R.
WebTV Networks Inc.
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