IMPROVEMENTS IN HOST COMPUTER ACCESS TO PERIPHERAL DEVICE DRIVERS

摘要

A PERIPHERAL DEVICE (13) IS COOPERABLE WITH A HOST COMPUTER (11) TO DIRECT THE HOST COMPUTER (11) TO DEVICE INFORMATION STORED AT AN EXTERNAL LOCATION (17) ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOST COMPUTER (11) VIA AN EXTERNAL DATA PATH (14,16).THE DEVICE INFORMATION CAN THEN BE AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADED TO THE HOST COMPUTER (11) FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PERIPHERAL DEVICE (13).(FIG 1)