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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Daniel J. Polivy, Seattle, WA (US);
Sriram Viji, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew P. Rhoten, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daniel J. Polivy, Seattle, WA (US);
Sriram Viji, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew P. Rhoten, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Remond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is a technology by which a device pre-enables application programs of a computer system to work with the device when the device is connected to the computer system. A set of data is obtained from a device, such as by an installer at installation time. The set of data includes information that identifies one or more computer system application programs that the device desires to work with when each application program runs. When the data set is obtained, the application program is enabled (e.g., given appropriate permissions) such that the application program may communicate data with the device when the program is run on the computer system. In one implementation, a device driver provides an installer with access to the data set, which may also include additional information such as application configuration parameters. The installer may be automatically run on the computer system upon initial device detection.