Patent ID: 8607059

Claim:
A method of installing software on a computer associated with a user, the computer being coupled to a system including one or more document handling devices connected to the computer via a communications network, the method comprising, the steps of: in a document handling device having at least one of a touch screen, a keypad and a recognition device: inputting an indication of a user identity via at least one of the touch screen, the keypad and the recognition device, identifying any computers coupled to the communications network; for any computers coupled to the communications network, determining if the user is logged onto the computer using the user identity, and determining the user identity associated with the user; and in at least part of the system: obtaining configuration information about the document handling device from the document handling device, determining the computer associated with the determined user identity, determining a job type of a job which is performed at the document handling device for the user, in response to determining the job type, determining, in the document handling device or one or more servers in communication with the document handling device via the communications network, software for installation at the determined computer according to the job type and the configuration information about the document handling device; and transferring the determined software that drives the document handling device to the determined computer via the communications network, thereby causing the software to be installed.