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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Thomas David Lawrence, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Michael Lee Yeung, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A set top box obtains a printer driver from a cable head end, the set top box and the cable head end residing on a digital cable network, the set top box having a printer attached thereto, wherein said set top box detects the need for a printer driver, the set top box sends a request for a printer driver to the cable head end over the digital cable network, the cable head end obtains a printer driver in response to the request for a printer driver, the cable head end sends to the set top box the obtained printer driver, and the obtained printer driver is loaded in the set top box for subsequent use by said printer.