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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Tad Dennis Brockway, Redmond, WA (US);
Madan Mohan R. Appiah, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam J. Overton, Redmond, WA (US);
Ritu Bahl, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Tad Dennis Brockway, Redmond, WA (US);
Madan Mohan R. Appiah, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam J. Overton, Redmond, WA (US);
Ritu Bahl, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A server-client system is configured to automatically detect and install peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, etc. that are attached to a client. The server is configured to detect the peripheral device and install a driver that is compatible with the peripheral device. The I/O queue created for the peripheral device is redirected to the port to which the peripheral device is connected.