Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seamless network installation of device drivers
- Patent Title (中): 无缝网络安装设备驱动程序
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Application No.: US10942445Application Date: 2004-09-15
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Publication No.: US08095925B2Publication Date: 2012-01-10
- Inventor: David Chamberlin , Sang Yoon Lee , Zhencai Wang
- Applicant: David Chamberlin , Sang Yoon Lee , Zhencai Wang
- Applicant Address: JP Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka US CA Concord
- Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation,Kyocera Technology Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation,Kyocera Technology Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka US CA Concord
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
A method seamlessly installs, upgrades, and deletes printer and other device drivers over a network. Instead of a computer periodically searching or scanning the network, searching occurs when a user logs into a computer. If a new device is found, driver installation is carried out using seamless pop-up GUI integrated into the OS, rather than by a wizard. The method includes providing a domain controller and a user computer connected to the network; searching the network for newly added devices when detecting a user login; and installing device drivers for the found newly added devices. The method also includes optionally-silent and seamless pop-up GUI; use of scripts and WSH (Windows Scripting Host); deletion grace periods; TCP/IP and/or SNMP; automatically upgrading existing drivers if necessary; maintaining tables of currently installed, to-be-installed, and to-be-deleted devices; applying pre-defined device settings; and obtaining information of a device and applying the information to the driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060059482A1 Seamless network installation of device drivers Public/Granted day:2006-03-16
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