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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:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2004
Jason T. Cobb, Sammamish, WA (US);
James G. Cavalaris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Santosh Jodh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jamie Hunter, Bothell, WA (US);
Lonny D. Mcmichael, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason T. Cobb, Sammamish, WA (US);
James G. Cavalaris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Santosh Jodh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jamie Hunter, Bothell, WA (US);
Lonny D. McMichael, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for avoiding the overwriting of drivers by subsequent versions or other commonly named drivers includes generating a unique identity for every eligible driver package. Driver files from the driver package, or the entire driver package itself, are then installed in a subdirectory location in a common storage based on the unique identity. The driver files may be loaded to a memory from the subdirectory location. Thus, multiple driver packages and driver files having the same name may be installed and loaded side-by-side.