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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Rob Purser, Wayland, MA (US);
David Tarkowski, Framingham, MA (US);
Christian Portal, Holliston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Rob Purser, Wayland, MA (US);
David Tarkowski, Framingham, MA (US);
Christian Portal, Holliston, MA (US);
Assignee:
The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 13/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual driver interface and strategy are presented for interfacing a device driver with an application. Devices connected to a computing device and device drivers capable of communicating with the device are provided on the computing device. The virtual driver interface determines which of the device drivers to use to allow an application to interact with a device based on a strategy.