Patent ID: 7331051

Claim:
An apparatus for installation of a peripheral device drivers into a computer, comprising: a) means for sending a request signal from a peripheral device to an operating system of the computer; b) means for detecting an acknowledgement by the operating system of the request issued from the peripheral device; c) means for responding with a message indicating and presenting the peripheral device to the operating system as both a dummy storage device as well as a portable device, wherein said operating system enables the portable device and the dummy storage device, and further indicating to said operating system that there is an auto-run file in said dummy storage device; d) means for checking, by the host operating system, if the operating system can automatically execute the auto-run file stored in the dummy storage device; e) means for installing, by the host operating system, the peripheral device driver stored in the dummy storage device when an auto-run function of the operating system is active; f) means for binding, by the host operating system, the peripheral device driver to the portable device; g) means for reverting, by the host operating system, to a manual operation procedure when the auto-run function is inactive; and h) means for deactivating, by the host operating system, the dummy storage device.