Patent ID: 7146435
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of distributing software, the method comprising: providing a hardware device, peripheral device, backend system, local area network, and wide area network, where the hardware device and peripheral device are both connected to the local area network, and the local area network and the backend system are both connected to the wide area network; sending a single request from the hardware device to the peripheral device, including browsing, by the hardware device, into a peripheral device that is connected to the hardware device; re-directing the single request so that the single request is sent from the peripheral device to the backend system and so that the single request is not sent back to the hardware device from the peripheral device; providing peripheral device configuration information and hardware device install information to the backend system, wherein the single request includes the peripheral device configuration information and hardware device install information; and based upon the peripheral device configuration information and hardware device install information in the single request, distributing, from the backend system to the hardware device, hardware device installation and configuration software.