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Patent US8219910 - Host device to install driver and method thereof - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA host device to install a driver and a driver installing method thereof. The host device includes a user interface to provide a step-by-step setup screen to install a driver of an external device and a setup method screen to inform a setup method of the step-by-step setup screen, and receives a selection...http://www.google.com/patents/US8219910?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8219910 - Host device to install driver and method thereofAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8219910 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/964,906Publication dateJul 10, 2012Filing dateDec 27, 2007Priority dateDec 28, 2006Also published asCN101231623A, US20090013251, US20120254748Publication number11964906, 964906, US 8219910 B2, US 8219910B2, US-B2-8219910, US8219910 B2, US8219910B2InventorsYoung-Gu KimOriginal AssigneeSamsung Elecronics Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (14), Referenced by (2), Classifications (9), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetHost device to install driver and method thereofUS 8219910 B2Abstract A host device to install a driver and a driver installing method thereof. The host device includes a user interface to provide a step-by-step setup screen to install a driver of an external device and a setup method screen to inform a setup method of the step-by-step setup screen, and receives a selection signal with respect to the step-by-step setup screen, and a driver installer to install the driver according to the selection signal input through the user interface.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. �119 (a) from Korean Patent Application No. 2006-136049, filed on Dec. 28, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
As illustrated in FIGS. 1A through 1H, the software installation wizard provides separate windows for the respective setup installation steps. In the window, a �Next� or �Back� button is provided to proceed to a next step or a previous step.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present general inventive concept provides a host device to address difficulties in installing a driver by displaying a setup method relating to the driver installation in a separate window when the driver is being installed, and a driver installing method of the host device.
The driver installation program part 110 has a file �Setup.exe� to setup data to install the driver. When a user executes the �Setup.exe� file using the host device 100, the driver installation program part 100 is activated.
Accordingly, the step-by-step setup screen provided from the user interface 112 includes a �Next� or �Back� button to progress setup screens step by step.
As the step-by-step setup screen 310 and the setup method screen 410 are displayed in the first region 300 and the second region 400 respectively, the user can select the screen change icon 430 to learn the further detailed setup method of the current setup screen 310. When the screen change icon selection signal is input (operation S610�Yes), the user interface 112 displays the setup method screen from a different angle from the setup method screen 410 being displayed in the second region 400 (operation S620).
When the screen change icon selection signal is not input (S610�No), the driver installation program part 110 determines whether a certain selection signal is input through the user interface 112 (operation S630).
When the selection signal is input to the user interface 112 (operation S630�Yes), the driver installation program part 110 determines whether the current setup screen 310 displayed in the first region 300 is a setup screen of the last step (operation S650).
When the current setup screen 310 displayed in the first region 300 is the setup screen of the last step (operation S650�Yes), the driver installer 114 installs the driver according to the selection signal input in the step-by-step setup screen 310 (operation S660).
When no selection signal is input to the user interface 112 (operation S630�No), the user interface 112 repeatedly outputs the setup method screen 410 being currently displayed in the second region 400 until a selection signal is input (operation S640).
Next, when the selection signal is input to the user interface 112, the driver installation program part 110 determines whether the current setup screen 310 displayed in the first region 300 is a setup screen of the last step (operation S650). When the current setup screen 310 displayed in the first region 300 is the setup screen of the last step (operation S650�Yes), the driver installer 114 installs the driver according to the selection signal input in the step-by-step setup screen 310 (operation S660).
When the current setup screen 310 displayed in the first region 300 is not the setup screen of the last step (operation S650�No), operations S600 through S660 are repeated by displaying the next setup method and the next setup method screen of the next setup method.
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