Integrating universal serial bus devices to a computer system

• US 8,738,831 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Vecera, Martin, Pechanec, Jiri
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN
• Application Number:
  US13/306,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• Field of Search: 710300-319, 710104-110, 710 8- 19, 710 1- 2, 710 62- 64, 710 72- 74, 719/321
• US Class Current: 710/301
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/409 Mechanical coupling back panels H05K7/1438
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0042 Universal serial bus [USB]

Abstract

A mechanism for integrating Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices is disclosed. A method of the invention includes retrieving an identifier of the USB device connected to a computer system, matching the identifier with a device identification stored in a systems library of the computer system. The systems library includes an application identifier corresponding to the device identification and an attribute corresponding to the application identifier. The method also includes executing instructions associated with attribute corresponding to the application identifier associated with the device identification matched to the identifier.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

retrieving an identifier of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device connected to a computer system;

matching the identifier with a device identification stored in a systems library of the computer system, wherein the systems library comprises an application identifier corresponding to the device identification and an attribute corresponding to the application identifier; and

executing, by a processing device, instructions associated with the attribute corresponding to the application identifier associated with the device identification matched to the identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the instructions comprise automatically executing one or more applications associated with the application identifier upon connection of the USB device to the computer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the instructions comprise prompting a user to select one or more applications associated with the application identifier for execution.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising executing the one or more applications selected by the user.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprises automatically closing one or more applications associated with the application identifier after execution of the one or more applications.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing an option to a user to close

the one or more applications associated with the application identifier after execution of the one or more applications.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically closing one or more applications associated with the application identifier after the USB device is disconnected from the computer.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing an option to a user to close one or more applications associated with the application identifier after the USB device is disconnected from the computer.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprises registering the USB device in the systems library upon no match between the identifier and one or more device identifications.

10. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device coupled to the memory to;

retrieve an identifier of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device connected to a computer system,

match the identifier with a device identification stored in a systems library of the computer system, wherein the systems library comprises an application identifier corresponding to the device identification and an attribute corresponding to the application identifier, and

execute instructions associated with the attribute corresponding to the application identifier associated with the device identification matched to the identifier.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the instructions comprise automatically executing one or more applications associated with the application identifier upon connection of the USB device to the computer.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the instructions comprise prompting a user to select one or more applications associated with the application identifier for execution.

13. The system of claim 10, the processing device automatically closes one or more applications associated with the application identifier after execution of the one or more applications.

14. The system of claim 10 the processing device provides an option to a user to close the one or more applications associated with the application identifier after execution of the one or more applications.

15. The system of claim 10 the processing device automatically closes one or more applications associated with the application identifier after the USB device is disconnected from the computer.

16. The system of claim 10 the processing device provides an option to a user to close one or more applications associated with the application identifier after the USB device is disconnected from the computer.

17. The system of claim 10 the processing device registers the USB device in the systems library upon no match between the identifier and one or more device identifications.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

retrieving an identifier of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device connected to a computer system;

matching the identifier with a device identification stored in a systems library of the computer system, wherein the systems library comprises an application identifier corresponding to the device identification and an attribute corresponding to the application identifier; and

executing, by the processing device, instructions associated with the attribute corresponding to the application identifier associated with the device identification matched to the identifier.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions comprise automatically executing one or more applications associated with the application identifier upon connection of the USB device to the computer.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the instructions comprise prompting a user to select one or more applications associated with the application identifier for execution.