Patent ID: 6249863
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A host device comprising:a peripheral having an output lead;means for automatically loading an initialization file;means for detecting insertion of a storage media into said peripheral, said means for detecting being operatively coupled to said output lead of said peripheral and to said means for automatically loading, wherein said means for detecting detects each insertion after automatic loading of said initialization file by said means for automatically loading;means for checking said storage media for a file other than said initialization file, said file other than said initialization file having a predetermined name that is compatible with said initialization file, said file other than said initialization file containing a sequence of instructions to be executed to start up a process, said means for checking being operatively coupled to said means for detecting, wherein said means for checking checks for said file in response to each detection by said means for detecting; andmeans for starting up said process, said means for starting up being operatively coupled to said means for checking, wherein said means for starting up starts a new process in response to each time said means for checking finds a file having said predetermined name.