Patent ID: 7600052
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of setting DevMode parameters for enabling an application to control a function extension module to a device driver, wherein the DevMode parameters are stored in a DevMode structure including a first structure for the device driver and a second structure for the function extension module, the method comprising: (a) a reserving step of reserving, by the application, a storage area for the DevMode structure, the reserving step comprising: (b) a manipulating step of manipulating, by the application, DevMode parameters to be used by the device driver and the function extension module, wherein the manipulating step is executed in response to a call of a predetermined interface function prepared for the application, the predetermined interface function comprising an interface function opened for the application by the device driver or an operating system, the manipulating step comprising: (c) an executing step of executing, by the device driver and the function extension module, a peripheral device control processing of the application using the manipulated DevMode parameters in the first storage area and the second storage area, respectively.