Patent ID: 7793285

Claim:
A system for installing a printer driver on a remote information terminal through a network, said system comprising: a printer database storing printer information corresponding to a plurality of printers, the printer information including driver information for one or more printer drivers for each printer; and an installation application including a driver search tool to search in said printer database according to a search key and find a printer having corresponding printer information in the printer database including the search key, wherein the installation application utilizes selected driver information from the corresponding printer information to download a corresponding printer driver and driver installer, the installation application further includes a driver configuration function configured to obtain device options information through the network from said printer and to configure the printer driver according to the device options information, and the installation application applies the driver installer to install on the information terminal the printer driver configured according to the device options information, and wherein said installation application further includes an uninstall function that is automatically performed at a predetermined time after installation of the printer driver, and wherein said installation application allows a user to specify at a time of installation of the printer driver whether to perform the uninstall function automatically.