Method and system to dynamically detect, download and install drivers from an online service
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1. A method for use in a networked computing environment for locating a device driver for a client computing device comprising:
- obtaining information regarding installed devices on the client computing device; and
formatting said information so that said information is capable of transmission on the network to an update server and capable of interpretation by said update server.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for dynamically detecting, downloading and installing drivers on a client system. The present invention operates in a client/server architecture of a network environment. In operation, information relating to a client system is provided to a server, and that information is used to match available driver information located on the server to the received client system information.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for use in a networked computing environment for locating a device driver for a client computing device comprising:
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obtaining information regarding installed devices on the client computing device; and
formatting said information so that said information is capable of transmission on the network to an update server and capable of interpretation by said update server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method for locating a device driver for a client computing device, the method comprising:
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obtaining information regarding installed devices on the client computing device; and
formatting said information so that said information is capable of transmission on the network to an update server and capable of interpretation by said update server.
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15. A method for use in a networked computing environment for locating a device driver for a client computing device comprising:
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receiving on a server, device information relating to the client computing device;
matching said device information with a list of known drivers on said server; and
generating driver information capable of being transmitted to the client computing device;
wherein said driver information is capable of enabling said client computing device to download and install a device driver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method for use in a networked computing environment for locating a device driver for a client computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving on a server device information of the client computing device;
matching said device information with a list of known drivers on said server; and
generating driver information capable of being transmitted to the client computing device;
wherein said driver information is capable of enabling said client computing device to download and install a device driver.
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25. A method for use in a networked computing environment for obtaining one or more drivers for a client computing device from one or more content servers comprising:
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obtaining device information for a client computing device;
transmitting said device information from the client computing device to an update server;
receiving said device information on said update server;
matching said device information to an index on said update server, to identify driver information;
providing said driver information to the client computing device, wherein said driver information allows installion of one or more drivers on the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method for obtaining one or more drivers on a client computing device from one or more content servers, the method comprising:
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obtaining device information for a client computing device;
transmitting said device information from the client computing device to said update server;
receiving said device information on said update server;
matching said device information to an index on said update server, to identify driver information;
providing said driver information to the client computing device, wherein said driver information allows install of one or more drivers on the client computing device.
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33. A system for detecting and downloading drivers from a network comprising:
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a programmed client device component that transmits device information on a client system to a server for processing; and
a server component that searches index tables based upon said device information received from said client system, to find compatible drivers and generates driver information to be returned to said client system;
- View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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