EMULATING MULTIPLE UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) KEYS SO AS TO EFFICIENTLY CONFIGURE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HARDWARE

摘要

A method, system and computer program product for efficiently configuring different types of hardware components. A computing device is connected to a hardware component to be configured. The computing device detects the type of the hardware component upon being connected to the hardware component. The computing device then identifies a profile from among multiple profiles associated with the detected type of hardware component, where each profile contains a configuration file(s) for configuring its associated type of hardware component. Upon identifying the profile associated with the connected hardware component, the computing device emulates a Universal Serial Bus (USB) key presenting the configuration file(s) contained in the identified profile to the detected hardware component. Such a process may be repeated for configuring another type of hardware component. In this manner, the user is able to efficiently configure different types of hardware by having the computing device emulate multiple USB keys.

主权项

1. A method for efficiently configuring different types of hardware components, the method comprising:
detecting a type of hardware component upon being connected to said hardware component; identifying a profile associated with said detected type of hardware component, wherein said profile contains a configuration file; and emulating, by a processor, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) key presenting said configuration file to said detected hardware component.