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Loading a device driver from a device

US8984539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2010
Grant dateMar 17, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4415
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device including an interface component configured to couple the device to a computing machine, a storage component configured to store a device driver for the device, and a driver application executed from the storage component and configured to identify the device as a storage device if a device driver has not been loaded onto the computing machine and bad the device driver onto the computing machine in response to the device coupling to the computing machine.

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