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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Daniel Shapiro, Redmond, WA (US);
Raymond D. Pedrizetti, Issaquah, WA (US);
Daniel Shapiro, Redmond, WA (US);
Raymond D. Pedrizetti, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a peripheral device that integrally provides a program relating to the peripheral device, and may be connected to a computer system. The peripheral device includes a peripheral function subsystem for providing a peripheral device functionality. The peripheral device further includes a solid-state memory device storing a program relating to the peripheral device in a format used by disk drives. When the peripheral device is connected to a computer system, the program stored in the solid-state memory device is immediately available, and can be read by the computer system as though it was stored on a disk drive connected to the computer system.