 Channel switching control method and a cordless telephone system using the same |
| It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to accurately execute channel ... |
|
| Receiving system using training pattern correlation for improved signal reception |
| In view of the foregoing, an object of this invention is to provide a transmission apparatus and ... |
|
| Spread spectrum receiving apparatus |
| The aim of the present invention is to provide an improved spread spectrum receiving apparatus. A... |
|
| Frame synchronization in space time block coded transmit antenna diversity for WCDMA |
| These problems are resolved by a circuit is designed with a correction circuit coupled to receive a ... |
|
| Composite code match filters |
| The invention in one aspect is a receiver stage of a mobile terminal, such as a cellular phone and ... |
|
| Spread spectrum receive apparatus |
| OF THE INVENTION The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference ... |
|
| Multiple channel quadrature communication system and method |
| Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for separate modulation (... |
|
|
Maintaining consistency of device driver settings
| Details |
Inventors: Foster, Ward S.; Daly, John P.; Fordemwalt, Jim F.; Griebe, Nicola R.;
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Primary Examiner: Follansbee; John A.
Assistant Examiner: Bullock, Jr.; Lewis A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
User input to a device driver to affect device driver settings is handled by a method according to various aspects of the present invention. The device driver has settings which include a plurality of values. The method includes the steps of (a) in response to user input, replacing the value of a setting with a new value; and then (b) reviewing all settings for consistency. During the review, additional replacements may be dictated according to rules (i.e., conditional procedures) which may have been received from a file into the device driver. Each rule accounts for one type of interaction. For example, when a user changes the media from letter paper to envelope using a printer driver user interface, the user interface is updated to show that two-sided printing and stapling settings are now off and not available. By allowing inconsistent settings to exist and then be corrected, user interface programming source code is made more manageable. |
|
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention provides a method executed by a computer for maintaining consistency of a plurality of settings for a peripheral device.
For example, a computer system, according to various aspects of the present invention, includes a computer, a monitor, a user input device, and one or more peripheral devices.
Inasmuch as sophisticated peripheral devices conventionally include a computer, a front panel display, and touch panel switches as a user input device, the operation of the method of the present invention may be performed entirely within a peripheral device.
On the other hand, computers and peripherals interconnected by conventional data communications may also serve as a platform for performance of a method according to various aspects of the present invention.
The term computer, therefore, includes a variety of data processing circuits and systems ranging from a microcontroller serving a process control function, a laptop or desktop computer serving a personal information organization function, or an assembly of client and server equipment interconnected by a network for providing support for a wide range of conventional peripheral devices.
Of course, a computer conventionally includes one or more processors in cooperation with one or more memory devices.
A memory device includes any semiconductor circuit, magnetic, or optical data storage device, which may be removable, nonremovable, read only, or read/write.
Such a memory device includes, according to various aspects of the present invention, indicia of instructions or statements which are executable or interpretable by one or more of the processors.
For example, various methods of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
1 through 5 depicting a simplified personal computer system.
A computer system, according to various aspects of the present invention, provides consistent device settings in response to modification of device settings by a user of the computer system
|
|
Fault Detection 
