Software device for supporting a new class of PC peripherals

Details Software device for supporting a new class of PC peripherals Software device for supporting a new class of PC peripherals

1996-12-26

1999-04-20

Lee, Thomas C.

395829, 395832, 395836, 395651, G06F 1300

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058965440

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for associating and selecting a set of I/O components as a source or destination of I/O data directed to or from an application. A set of I/O components are modeled as a component object model which becomes a generic access device (GAD) for those components. Relevant interfaces to the components are instantiated within the GAD. The GAD then hands out the interfaces to applications wishing to access the I/O devices modeled by the GAD. The application is thereby enabled to carry out meaningful communication with the I/O devices to which the GAD provided interfaces.

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