Patent ID: 7149820
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A nonvolatile computer readable storage medium containing a data structure configured to store properties associable with one or more electronic devices within a single computer, wherein none of the properties identify a driver for an associable electronic device, and each property within the data structure comprises: a key, wherein said key is unique within the data structure; a property name comprising a name of a property; a property value comprising a value for said property; a property length comprising a length of said property value; a data type of said property value; a device identifier configured to identify one or more devices of a computer system; and a function identifier configured to identify a function of said one or more devices; wherein the data structure does not comprise or identify a driver for an associable electronic device; and wherein at least one property is read from the data structure and used to configure the one or more electronic devices within the single computer.