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Renaming of virtual communication port for IR devices
| Details |
Inventors: Cedola, Kent D.;
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Primary Examiner: Gaffin; Jeffrey
Assistant Examiner: Farooq; Mohammad O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lee & Hayes, PLLC
A computer operating system identifies and renames communication (COMM) ports associated with infrared (IR) transceivers that communicate with IR devices. The operating system detects all available COMM ports, identifies a COMM port dedicated to an IR transceiver, and renames that COMM port from a non-descriptive virtual port name (e.g., COM4) to another, more descriptive virtual port name (e.g., "Infrared Port"). In this manner, rather than seeing a list of indistinguishable virtual port names (e.g., "COM0", "COM1", . . . "COM9") in which one may be dedicated to the IR transceiver, a user is presented with a list of virtual port names that includes one conspicuously descriptive port name (e.g., "Infrared Port"). This removes the guesswork and frustration for the user during configuration. The operating system also enables reverse conversion from the descriptive name back to the non-descriptive virtual port name for internal use. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION FIG.
1 shows a computer system 20 having a host computer 22 connected to communicate with an infrared (IR) device 24 via a wireless IR connection 26.
The host computer 22 may be embodied in many ways including, for example, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a set-top box, or the like.
The IR device 24 may also be implemented in a number of ways, such as a handheld computer, a telephone or other communication device, a personal digital assistant, and so forth.
The IR device may also be configured to run an operating system (not shown), such as the Windows CE operating system from Microsoft Corporation.
The host computer 22 has a memory 30, processor 32, a display 34, and one or more input devices 36 (e.
g.
, keyboard, mouse, etc.
).
The memory 30 generally includes both volatile memory (e.
g.
, RAM) and non-volatile memory (e.
g.
, Flash, ROM, hard disk, etc.
).
The compute 22 is also equipped with multiple communication (COMM) ports 38 and an infrared (IR) transceiver 40 to communicate with the IR device 24.
The IR transceiver 40 is connected to one of the COMM ports 38 and may reside internally or externally.
An operating system 50 resides in memory 30 and executes on the processor 32.
The computer 22 preferably runs a Windows-brand operating system from Microsoft Corporation, such as Win32-based products (e.
g.
, Windows 95, Windows 98, etc.
), although other operating systems may be used.
One or more application programs 52 are loaded into memory 30 and run on the operating system 50.
Examples of applications 52 include email programs, scheduling programs, remote device services programs, word processing programs, Internet browser programs, and so on.
The operating system 50 has a user interface (U1) 60, which preferably supports a graphical windowing environment.
The operating system 50 also has a set of software drivers 62 for various hardware components, including any peripheral devices connected through the COMM ports.
An IR driver is provided in the set of drivers 62 to manage the COMM port dedicated to the IR transceiver 40
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