Apparatus and method for controlling a peripheral device

A method for controlling a peripheral device coupled to a processor, the method comprising:

• receiving a request signal in the processor;
• associating the request signal with a peripheral device script;
• providing the peripheral device script to a script interpreter;
• interpreting the peripheral device script containing peripheral device configuration commands into a peripheral device readable signal for configuring the peripheral device;
• sending the peripheral device readable signal to the peripheral device.

A method for accessing data representative of a peripheral device coupled to a processor, the method comprising:

• receiving a request signal in the processor;
• associating the request signal with a peripheral device script;
• providing the peripheral device script containing a command for requesting information from a peripheral device to a script interpreter;
• interpreting the peripheral device script into a peripheral device readable signal wherein the peripheral device readable signal implements the command for requesting information from a peripheral device;
• sending a data signal containing configuration information from the peripheral device to an object in a device database;
• and
• storing the configuration information from the data signal in the object.

A computer program on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• computer code for receiving a request signal in a processor of a server;
• computer code for associating the request signal with a peripheral device script;
• computer code for providing the peripheral device script to a script interpreter;
• computer code for interpreting the peripheral device script containing configuration commands that are interpretable by the script interpreter into a peripheral device readable signal wherein the peripheral device readable signal implements the configuration command for configuring the peripheral device;
• and
• computer code for sending the peripheral device readable signal to the peripheral device.

A computer program on a computer readable medium for accessing configuration data representative of a peripheral device coupled to a processor, the computer program comprising:

• computer code for receiving a request signal in the processor;
• computer code for associating the request signal with a peripheral device script;
• computer code for providing the peripheral device script to a script interpreter;
• computer code for interpreting the peripheral device script containing a peripheral device information retrieval command into a peripheral device readable signal wherein the peripheral device readable signal implements the information retrieval command;
• and
• computer code for receiving a data signal containing configuration data from the peripheral device in response to the peripheral device readable signal.