Patent ID: 7330913

Claim:
A method for maintaining a computing device connected or not to a peripheral device, comprising: installing the peripheral device on the computing device; receiving an indication of an end of persistence for the peripheral device regardless of whether the peripheral device is connected to the computing device; by the computing device, monitoring for an event related to the end of persistence; by the computing device, fully automatically removing support information associated with the peripheral device based on detection of the event related to the end of persistence, wherein the monitoring and the fully automatically removing support information occurs regardless of whether the computing device is networked or maintains a network connection, wherein the installing the peripheral device includes providing a representation of a physical location of the peripheral device in relation to an area encompassing the physical location of the peripheral device; receiving an indication via the representation that access to the peripheral device is desired; retrieving support information associated with the peripheral device; and installing the retrieved support information on the computing device, wherein the removing support information comprises removing the support information retrieved and installed on the computing device.