Method and apparatus for installing device driver
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung-Gu Kim
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for installing an input device driver by installing the input device driver in the apparatus to drive a device that performs a predetermined function while storing a device driver file, and re-installing the device driver in the apparatus using the stored device driver file. Accordingly, the provided method enables a novice computer user to easily re-install the input device driver using the stored device driver file in the computer without accessing the input device driver file, for example, stored on a CD, thereby improving reliability of the device and reducing the number of after-sale service requests.
Claims13
A method of installing a device driver in a computer to drive a device that performs a predetermined function, the method comprising:
- installing in the computer an input device driver while storing a device driver file;
- and
- re-installing the input device driver in the computer using the stored device driver file.
An apparatus installing a device driver to drive a device that performs a predetermined function, the apparatus comprising:
- a first driver installation unit installing in the apparatus an input device driver while storing a device driver file;
- and
- a second driver installation unit, which re-installs the device driver using the stored device driver file input from the first driver installation.
A machine-readable storage storing at least one program controlling a computing device according to a process comprising:
- receiving an input device driver;
- installing the input device driver;
- storing in the computer a file of the input device driver during the installing of the device driver;
- and
- allowing re-installation of the device driver using the stored device driver file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.