US 2003/0154425 A1 · Methods for automatically installing, maintaining, and repairing device driver through the internet and system thereof

Abstract

A method that automatically downloads a device driver through the Internet when installing a peripheral device to a host, a method for fixing errors in the device, and a system thereof. A first embodiment includes receiving an error code and/or a server address corresponding to an error from the device when a device error occurs, connecting to a server using the received address to transfer the error code, and receiving a service page from the server with reference to the error code. A second embodiment includes detecting whether the device is connected, receiving device information including a server address, which provides the device driver and/or interface information, from the device and connecting to the received address to transfer the device information and/or operation system information, and receiving a device driver corresponding to the interface information from a server corresponding to the address and installing the device driver.

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Dependent claims

A method for fixing a peripheral device connected to a host device, the method comprising:

receiving an error code and/or a server address to correspond to an error from the peripheral device when an error is generated in the peripheral device;
connecting to a corresponding server by using the received server address to transfer the error code;
and
receiving a corresponding error response service page from the connected server with reference to the error code.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods for automatically installing, maintaining, and repairing device driver through the internet and system thereof

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Methods for automatically installing, maintaining, and repairing device driver through the internet and system thereof

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Abstract

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