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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICES USING A GENERIC DRIVER

  • US 20130103380A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2011
  • Published: 04/25/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a peripheral hardware device connected to a computer system, said computer system comprising a first operating system, acting as the host operating system, running on a first processor platform, and a generic device driver configured to operate on the combination of said first operating system and first processor platform, said method comprising:

  • delivering said peripheral hardware device with an original peripheral hardware device driver file written for at least one of a second operating system and a second processor platform,handling, by said generic device driver, interfaces between the first operating system, the peripheral hardware devices and at least one software application, all of which are configured to interact with said original peripheral device driver file, andemulating, by said generic device driver, at least a part of said second operating system and said second processor that are required for the peripheral hardware device to operate on said first operating system and said first processor.

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