Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070162625
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| Summary / Description | Reads like the exact same thing. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6442683 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Hoyt A. Fleming, III |
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| URL | http://www.google.com/url?id=AP... |
| Filing Date | October 7, 1999 |
| Additional Information | http://www.google.com/patents/pdf/Apparatus_for_automatically_retrieving_a.pdf?id=APELAAAAEBAJ&output=pdf&sig=y1PgITrKJcIf9anX5BgRNXkTduY |
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Excerpt
Excerpt One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that retrieves and installs device driver software across a network. The system includes a detection mechanism that detects the presence of a device in a computer system for which no current driver is installed in the computer system. The system also includes a reading mechanism that reads a locator specifying the location of a current driver for the device from a non-volatile memory on the device. The system additionally includes a driver retrieving mechanism that uses the locator to communicate with a remote host across the network in order to retrieve the current driver for the device from the remote host. The system also includes an installation mechanism that installs the current driver on the computer system.
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