Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra – Device driver communication – Device driver configuration
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2126)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra
Device driver communication
Device driver configuration
C717S175000, C713S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06934956
ABSTRACT:
The invention in one embodiment is a method for installing an operating system on a computer. The method includes generating an external configuration file containing information about a plurality of devices that might be associated with the computer; identifying a particular device associated with the computer, the particular device being one of the plurality of devices; installing a driver on the computer according to the information stored in the external configuration file and the particular device's identity; and installing the operating system according to information stored in the external configuration file and the particular device's identity.
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An Meng-Al T.
Opie G. L.
Trop Pruner & Hu P.C.
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