Patent ID: 8434683

Claim:
A method of testing support for a memory card, wherein the memory card is accessible to a card reader and the card reader is in communication with an accessing device, the method comprising: transmitting a first test command from the accessing device to the memory card via the card reader; receiving at the accessing device, a response to the first test command from the memory card; determining, for each of a plurality of card drivers on the accessing device, that the response to the first test command indicates that a card type of the memory card is not supported by the card driver; and automatically in response to said determining, for a selected card driver of said plurality of card drivers: transmitting at least one additional test command to the memory card, the at least one additional test command being specific to a card type supported by the selected card driver; receiving a response to the at least one additional test command; and if the response to the at least one additional test command indicates that the at least one additional test command was successful, indicating that the selected card driver, which was previously determined not to support the card type of the memory card, supports the card type of the memory card.