Patent ID: 8776039
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for interfacing a test and measurement application executing on a computing device with an external device coupled to the computing device, the method comprising: providing, at the computing device, a plurality of strategies adapted for selecting device drivers; automatically selecting, based on information received from the test and measurement application, a particular strategy from the plurality of strategies; providing, at the computing device, two or more available device drivers that are compatible with the external device; employing, by a processor of the computing device, the selected strategy to select one of the two or more available device drivers that are compatible with the external device; coupling the selected one device driver to a virtual driver interface; providing, using the virtual driver interface, the test and measurement application with a standardized interface to any of the two or more available device drivers; and communicating, by the test and measurement application, with the external device through the virtual driver interface.