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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Thomas Cato, Raleigh, NC (US);
Phuc Ky Do, Cary, NC (US);
Eugene Michael Maximilien, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/40 ; G06F 9/54 ; G06F 1/314 ; G06F 1/342 ; G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/40 ; G06F 9/54 ; G06F 1/314 ; G06F 1/342 ; G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A USB device centric agent is associated with an operating system. The agent software is only required to be loaded once and then it will function with multiple compatible USB devices. A standard interface is established between the device agent and any compatible USB device. This enables any compatible USB device to control the agent which in turn controls the host computer. This is opposite the standard practice where the host controls the USB device.