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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Dale A. Sather, Seattle, WA (US);
Guillaume Simonnet, Bellevue, WA (US);
John M. Gehlsen, Redmond, WA (US);
Kosar A. Jaff, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ralph A. Lipe, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Roland J. Ayala, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shannon J. Chan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Dale A. Sather, Seattle, WA (US);
Guillaume Simonnet, Bellevue, WA (US);
John M. Gehlsen, Redmond, WA (US);
Kosar A. Jaff, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ralph A. Lipe, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Roland J. Ayala, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shannon J. Chan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for configuring and managing network devices. The arrival (and departure) of devices on a network can be detected by a monitor. Upon detection, network devices can be simply and dynamically configured with little or no end-user intervention, for instance by automatically loading device drivers and allocating resources for the devices. Furthermore, network devices can be associated with other network devices such as a personal computer to facilitate seamless integration of network devices with a computer operating system.