Universal serial bus adapter with automatic installation
CA 2417040 A1 · Owner: Inline Connection Corporation · Inventors: Goodman, David D.
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A peripheral device and a method for operating the peripheral device for automatic installation, in which the method includes coupling the peripheral device to a computer and sending a first device identification from the peripheral device to the computer. The peripheral device emulates a device of a type determined by the first device identification including transferring a , driver from the peripheral device to the computer. Then the peripheral device , sends a second device identification from the peripheral device to the computer, such that the sent device identification is for a device supported by the driver transferred to the computer. The peripheral device is then operated by …
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- Filed July 26, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 26, 2020.
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