| US 7,478,229 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and methods for device configuration and management | ||
| Philip M. Walker, Fort Collins, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 11, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/386,189. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0181610 A1, Sep. 16, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—1 [713/100; 709/250] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A method for configuring an attachable device to work cooperatively with an operating system (OS) of a computer system
wherein said OS represents an OS image associated with a specific user and wherein said computer system is a utility computer
system, said method comprising:
receiving log in data from said specific user;
ascertaining said OS image associated with said specific user;
ascertaining expected data for a device having the same device type as said attachable device, said expected data representing
data to be received by said OS in order to avoid installation of said attachable device by said OS;
configuring said attachable device with said expected data prior to booting up said OS; and
coupling said OS with said attachable device to enable said OS to utilize a computing capability associated with said attachable
device after said OS is booted up.
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