Technique for driver installation
OwnerTerrill M. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A technique for accurately identifying and installing a device driver for a particular device. The inventive technique gathers information about the operating system and the device and generates one or more device identifiers by concatenating the operating system information with the device information. The generated identifiers are then used to select and install the appropriate device driver for the device.
Claims15
In a computer system comprising an operating system and a device, a method for installing a device driver for the device, the method comprising the steps of:
- gathering operating system information associated with the operating system and device information associated with the device;
- generating a device identifier by concatenating the operating system information with the device information;
- selecting the device driver using the device identifier;
- and
- installing the selected device driver.
A computer system comprising:
- a device;
- an operating system configured to gather operating system information associated with the operating system and device information associated with the device, generate a device identifier by concatenating the operating system information with the device information, select a device driver using the device ID and install the selected device driver.
A computer system as in claim 12 wherein the operating system is further configured to determine the identity of the operating system, generate an operating system identifier based on the identity of the operating system and concatenate the device information with the operating system identifier to generate the device identifier.
An apparatus configured to operate an operating system and to install a device driver for a device, the computer system comprising:
- means for gathering operating system information associated with the operating system and device information associated with the device;
- means for generating a device identifier by concatenating the operating system information with the device information;
- means for selecting the device driver using the device identifier;
- and
- means for installing the selected device driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.