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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Chris Lowe, Cambridgeshire, GB;

James Digby Yarlet Collier, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Noel Andrew Bainbridge, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Chris Lowe, Cambridgeshire, GB;

James Digby Yarlet Collier, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Noel Andrew Bainbridge, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and peripheral device to facilitate the installation of software on a host device to allow communication between that host device and a peripheral device. On connection to a host device a peripheral device presents in a first mode. In the first mode the device identifies itself as a Human Interaction Device and transmits information to the host device to facilitate the installation of the software. Subsequently the peripheral device operates in a second mode in which it identifies itself according to its real function.


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