Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070162625
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Summary / Description
| 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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Claims
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A method of delivering a device driver to an operating system executing on a computer platform, the method comprising:
during booting of the operating system, identifying a first device for which a device driver is needed;
requesting the device driver from a service processor installed on the computer platform, wherein the service processor comprises a storage configured to store one or more device drivers; and
delivering the device driver to the operating system without intervention by a user.
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The method of Claim 1, wherein said delivering comprises:
loading the device driver.
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Claim 7 of cited patent.
Claim 7 of cited patent.
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A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of delivering a device driver to an operating system executing on a computer platform, without user intervention, the method comprising:
during booting of the operating system, identifying a first device for which a device driver is needed;
requesting the device driver from a service processor installed on the computer platform, wherein the service processor comprises a storage configured to store one or more device drivers; and
delivering the device driver to the operating system without intervention by a user.
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Claim 12 of cited patent.
Claim 12 of cited patent.
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