Bypassing class drivers through virtual driver enablement
US7865910B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual driver is enabled and a class driver is bypassed to provide at least one functionality different than that of the bypassed class driver. A filter driver is initialized in the stack of a class driver in order to bypass the class driver. The filter driver receives inputs associated with the input device and/or application emulating an input device and passes the input data to a virtual driver. The virtual driver provides data to an operating system for functionality that is at least partially different than that of the bypassed class driver.
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