System for installation of a resource device on a computing device
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1. An installer program for use in installing a resource device on a computing device, the installer program being stored on a computer readable medium and executable by a computing device, the installer program comprising:
- a markup language data file for a graphical user interface of the installer program, the graphical user interface including a screen illustrating an installation procedure for installing the resource device on the computing device; and
an executable script file configured to control presentation of a dynamic GUI element of the graphical user interface;
wherein the markup language data file includes a call to the executable script file, the markup language data file being configured to be read by a browser, which in turn is configured to trigger execution of the executable script program and presentation of the GUI element to the user via a display of the computing device.
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Abstract
A system for use in installing a resource device on a computing device. The system typically includes an installer program having a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of installation interfaces, each installation interface offering a different level of assistance to the user during an installation procedure. The GUI further may include a gateway GUI element configured to enable a user to select among the plurality of installation interfaces.
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1. An installer program for use in installing a resource device on a computing device, the installer program being stored on a computer readable medium and executable by a computing device, the installer program comprising:
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a markup language data file for a graphical user interface of the installer program, the graphical user interface including a screen illustrating an installation procedure for installing the resource device on the computing device; and
an executable script file configured to control presentation of a dynamic GUI element of the graphical user interface;
wherein the markup language data file includes a call to the executable script file, the markup language data file being configured to be read by a browser, which in turn is configured to trigger execution of the executable script program and presentation of the GUI element to the user via a display of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of developing installer programs for installing resource devices on computing devices, the method comprising:
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creating an installer program configured to install a resource device on a computing device, the installer program having an initialization file containing resource-device-specific data, a skeletal GUI file configured to be read by a browser, and a plurality of support GUI files linked to the skeletal GUI file, the support GUI files including data for resource-device-specific GUI elements to be contained within a graphical user interface presented via the skeletal GUI file; and
adapting the installer program for use with a different resource device by changing the resource-device-specific data in the initialization file to data specific to the different resource device, and replacing the support GUI files including data for resource-device-specific GUI elements with support GUI files including data specific to the different resource device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for use in installing a resource device on a computing device, the system comprising:
an installer program having a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of installation interfaces, each installation interface offering a different level of assistance to the user during an installation procedure, the GUI further including a gateway GUI element configured to enable a user to select among the plurality of installation interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for use in installing a resource device on a computing device, the system comprising:
an installer program having a graphical user interface including a series of interface screens describing installation procedures involved in installing the resource device on the computing device, at least one of the screens having an animated icon depicting a manual operation to be performed by the user on the resource device or a component thereof. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A installer program for use in installation of a resource device on a computing device, the installer program comprising:
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a graphical user interface including a user-specified settings query screen configured to receive user-specified settings;
device query routines configured to detect computing device settings;
one or more installation screens configured to display computing device-specific content based on the detected computing device settings; and
one or more installation screens configured to display user-setting-specific content based on the user-specified settings. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 43)
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38. A method for use in installation of a resource device on a computing device, the method comprising:
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determining one or more device settings of the computing device;
querying a user for one or more user-specified settings; and
displaying an installation interface to the user, the installation interface including computing device-specific content and user-setting-specific content, the installation interface having a series of installation screens with icons depicting installation procedures involving physical manipulation of the resource device or a resource device accessory. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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