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US 2003/0196007 A1Published application
Device-resident driver system and method
OwnerJohn M. Baroninventor
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Abstract
A peripheral device comprising a memory. The peripheral device also comprises a driver stored in the memory and transferable to a computer. The driver is adapted to interface the peripheral device with the computer.
Claims36
A peripheral device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a driver stored in the memory and transferable to a computer, the driver adapted to interface the peripheral device with the computer.
A method for driver installation, comprising:
- ascertaining a type of peripheral device;
- determining whether a driver resides in a memory of the peripheral device;
- and
- transferring a copy of the driver from the peripheral device if the driver resides in the memory of the peripheral device.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a memory accessible by a processor;
- an operating system stored in the memory and accessible by the processor;
- an interface adapted to communicate data between the operating system and a peripheral device;
- and
- a basic input/output system (BIOS) adapted to retrieve a driver residing on the peripheral device.
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A computer system, comprising:
- means for detecting a peripheral device;
- means for determining whether a driver for the peripheral device resides on the peripheral device;
- and
- means for retrieving a copy of the driver from the peripheral device if the driver resides on the peripheral device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.