User interfaces for peripheral configuration

Details User interfaces for peripheral configuration User interfaces for peripheral configuration

2005-03-10

2010-10-26

Tsai, Henry W (Department: 2184)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral configuration

C711S006000, C713S002000, C718S001000, C718S104000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07822880

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide a method for the configuration of peripheral devices. In some methods for configuring peripheral devices, configuration options available for a peripheral device are enumerated and listed as files associated with a virtual drive representing the peripheral device. In some embodiments the files may be given descriptive names related to the configuration options they represent. In some embodiments, icons in a user window may denote the virtual drive, and its associated files and folders. In some methods for configuring peripheral devices, when the icon for a file associated with the virtual drive is dragged onto the icon for the virtual drive, the configuration of the scanning device associated with the virtual drive is automatically changed to match the configuration associated with the file.

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