Method and apparatus for configuring electronic devices to perform selectable predefined functions using device drivers

A method of configuring first and second electronic devices, the first electronic device being a master and the second electronic device a slave, said second device being able to perform a plurality of user-selectable predefined different functions usable by the first device, each of the different user-selectable predefined functions being associated with an appropriate device driver which relates to a particular device class, the second device arranged to have a different device descriptor for each predefined function, the method comprising:

• connecting the second device to the first device so as to establish a first communication configuration for communication between the first device and the second device;
• subsequent to connecting, receiving, at the second device, preference information relating to one of the plurality of different user-selectable predefined functions of the second device to enable user selection of one of the plurality of different predefined functions;
• providing the first device with the device descriptor relating to the one user-selected different predefined function so as to provide for a second communication configuration;
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• interfacing the first device with the one user-selected different predefined function so as to allow the first device to use the one user-selected different predefined function in the second communication configuration, the interfacing including assigning an appropriate device driver based upon the provided device descriptor relating to the one user-selected different predefined function.