Device driver installing method
First Claim
1. A method of installing a device driver for a peripheral device, comprising:
- reading out by a processor information from a peripheral device related to downloading a device driver for the peripheral device, wherein the processor generates information required to download the device driver using the information from the peripheral device only;
requesting by the processor a download of the device driver from a prescribed server having the peripheral device driver in accordance with the read information;
receiving the device driver from the server; and
executing the received device driver to enable the peripheral device,wherein the information related to downloading the device driver has been written in text type in a non-volatile memory of the peripheral device and comprises a network address of the server and information identifying the device driver, and wherein the network address is a URL and the information identifying the device driver is a filename of the device driver, and wherein said reading, requesting, receiving, and executing are automatically performed for enabling the peripheral device.
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Abstract
A method is provided for installing a device driver capable of driving a peripheral device installed in a slot of a PC after receiving the device driver from a server located in a global network. When a PC card device, including a memory in which both a network address of a server providing the device'"'"'s driver and information identifying the device driver have been stored, is inserted into a slot, network address and the device driver identifying information is read from the memory. Using this information, a request of a download of the device driver from the server with reference to the read-out information is made. The PC then receives the device driver downloaded from the server, and executes the received device driver to enable the peripheral device. With this method, no floppy disk need be supplied with the driver and the URL information is provided in the device, eliminating the need for installation and updating steps by the user.
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1. A method of installing a device driver for a peripheral device, comprising:
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reading out by a processor information from a peripheral device related to downloading a device driver for the peripheral device, wherein the processor generates information required to download the device driver using the information from the peripheral device only; requesting by the processor a download of the device driver from a prescribed server having the peripheral device driver in accordance with the read information; receiving the device driver from the server; and executing the received device driver to enable the peripheral device, wherein the information related to downloading the device driver has been written in text type in a non-volatile memory of the peripheral device and comprises a network address of the server and information identifying the device driver, and wherein the network address is a URL and the information identifying the device driver is a filename of the device driver, and wherein said reading, requesting, receiving, and executing are automatically performed for enabling the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of enabling a peripheral device on a device in communication with a network, comprising:
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reading first prescribed information from the peripheral device, wherein the first prescribed information is generated using information from the peripheral device only; locating a prescribed server on the network in accordance with the first prescribed information; downloading second prescribed information from the prescribed server; and enabling the peripheral device in accordance with the second prescribed information, wherein the first prescribed information is written in text type in a non-volatile memory of the peripheral device and comprises a network address of the prescribed server containing a device driver for the peripheral device and information identifying the device driver for the peripheral device, wherein the network address comprises a URL and the information identifying the device driver for the peripheral device comprise a filename of the device driver, and wherein said reading, locating, downloading, and enabling are automatically performed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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