Patent ID: 8856414

Claim:
A method, comprising: loading a first managing software component for a first data transmission protocol and a first portion of a first utilization software component for the first data transmission protocol on a computer system, wherein the first portion of the first utilization software component resides on a main loadable file; verifying the inclusion of the first managing software component for the first data transmission protocol; loading a second managing software component for a second data transmission protocol and a first portion of a second utilization software component for the second data transmission protocol; verifying the inclusion of the second managing software component for the second data transmission protocol; loading a third managing software component for a third data transmission protocol and a first portion of a third utilization software component for the third data transmission protocol; verifying the inclusion of the third managing software component for the third data transmission protocol; identifying a usable protocol combination including at least the first data transmission protocol, the second data transmission protocol, and the third data transmission protocol; and loading a second portion of the first utilization software component, a second portion of the second utilization software component, and a second portion of the third utilization software component upon identifying the usable protocol combination including at least the first data transmission protocol, the second data transmission protocol, and the third data transmission protocol, wherein the second portion of the second utilization software component resides in an optional loadable file and wherein the second portion of the third utilization software component resides in another optional loadable file, wherein only optional loadable files containing optional portions corresponding to required protocols are loaded during initialization of the computer system.