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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395882 ; 395835 ; 395561 ; 395500 ;
Abstract
A method of loading a program on a host computer connectable to a plurality of peripheral devices includes inquiring a device type of a peripheral device connected thereto, knowing the type of the peripheral device by receiving a response to an inquiry, and loading a control program corresponding to the type.