Device driver installing program and device driver installing apparatus
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1. A device driver installing program which operates in a server connected with a client via a network, for realizing in said server:
- a first program transferring function for transferring, to said client when the client is started, a program that is recorded and held in the server, for realizing functions in said client for;
obtaining product name information about the client;
querying the server about device information adapted to hardware specified by said product name information with the obtained product name information as a parameter; and
dynamically installing device drivers necessary for the client from the server into the client, based on the device information returned from the server, and a first device information returning function for returning the device information adapted to the hardware specified by said product name information to the client, when said device information is queried to the server.
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Abstract
A device driver installing program and a device driver installing apparatus for enhancing functions of a client/server system, by dynamically installing device drivers adapted to hardware of a client when the client is started, and also dynamically installing device drivers of external storages adapted to an authorization for a user group when user'"'"'s log-in is made.
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10 Claims
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1. A device driver installing program which operates in a server connected with a client via a network, for realizing in said server:
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a first program transferring function for transferring, to said client when the client is started, a program that is recorded and held in the server, for realizing functions in said client for;
obtaining product name information about the client;
querying the server about device information adapted to hardware specified by said product name information with the obtained product name information as a parameter; and
dynamically installing device drivers necessary for the client from the server into the client, based on the device information returned from the server, anda first device information returning function for returning the device information adapted to the hardware specified by said product name information to the client, when said device information is queried to the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device driver installing apparatus, comprising:
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first program transferring means for transferring, to a client connected to a server via a network when said client is started, a program that is recorded and held in the server, for realizing functions in said client for;
obtaining product name information about the client;
querying the server about device information adapted to hardware specified by said product name information with the obtained product name information as a parameter; and
dynamically installing device drivers necessary for the client from the server into the client, based on the device information returned from the server, andfirst device information returning means for returning the device information adapted to the hardware specified by said product name information to the client, when said device information is queried to the server. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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