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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Vladimir Sadovsky, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yonghong Guo, Issaquah, WA (US);
John C. Dunn, Issaquah, WA (US);
Stephen R. Handley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vladimir Sadovsky, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yonghong Guo, Issaquah, WA (US);
John C. Dunn, Issaquah, WA (US);
Stephen R. Handley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Automatic protocol migration when upgrading operating systems includes checking, after upgrading at least a portion of an operating system of a host device, whether a new driver supporting enhanced functionality for a portable device is now available, where a driver supporting base functionality would have been previously used for communicating with the portable device. If such a new driver supporting enhanced functionality for the portable device is now available, then the host device installs the new driver supporting enhanced functionality for the portable device.