Patent ID: 7136174
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for installing a printer driver for a printer selected by a user as the printer the user wants to install, connected on a network, comprising: a printer driver for the user-selected printer, wherein the user-selected printer includes a display panel; a beacon, located at the user-selected printer, responsive to an input comprising the user accessing a menu on the user-selected printer's display panel and selecting a button on the menu for activating the beacon, for broadcasting the user-selected printer's identification on the network; and an installer, located on a user's host device connected on the network, for prompting the user to walk over to the user-selected printer and activate the beacon, and responsive to activation, for listening for the user-selected primer's identification, and responsive to receipt of the user-selected printer's identification, for installing the printer driver on the user's host device.