Method of installing a plug and play device driver

Details Method of installing a plug and play device driver Method of installing a plug and play device driver

2006-10-10

2006-10-10

Chang, Richard (Department: 3729)

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Electrical device making

C029S739000, C029S740000, C710S008000, C710S010000, C710S013000, C710S104000, C713S001000, C713S002000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07117589

ABSTRACT:
A method of installing a driver for a plug and play device is provided, wherein the plug and play device includes a main function device and a storage device meeting a standard specification. The storage device stores a driver required by the main function device. The main function device and storage device may be connected to the host in two different ways after the plug and play device is installed to the host. The first way is to connect the two devices to the host simultaneously. The host loads a built-in standard driver for the storage device from the host to access the storage device, and then loads the driver required by the main function device from the storage device to gain freely access to the main function device. The second way is to connect the storage device to the host, and to cause the host to copy the main function device driver from the storage device to the host's storage device (e.g., a disk drive). Next, the main function device is connected to the host. At this time, the host can directly load the copied driver for the main function device and retrieve the device accordingly.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6981080 (2005-12-01), Thompson et al.
patent: 1247346 (2000-03-01), None
patent: 1380603 (2002-11-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Method of installing a plug and play device driver does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method of installing a plug and play device driver, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method of installing a plug and play device driver will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3622919