Abstract: A method for a server to assign a corn port to a peripheral device coupled to a client computer includes initiating a session in response to a request from a client, receiving from the client information identifying the peripheral device, calling on the server a driver for the identified peripheral device and assigning on the driver a fixed virtual port to the identified peripheral device; assigning on the server a virtual corn port in server space for the identified peripheral device, automatically specifying on the server the virtual corn port as the connection for the identified peripheral device, and mapping on the server a variable corn port to the peripheral device in server space.

Abstract: A method for a server to assign a corn port to a peripheral device coupled to a client computer includes initiating a session in response to a. request from a client, receiving from the client information identifying the peripheral device, calling on the server a driver for the identified peripheral device and assigning on the driver a fixed virtual port to the identified peripheral device; assigning on the server a virtual corn port in server space for the identified peripheral device, automatically specifying on the server the virtual corn port as the connection for the identified peripheral device, and mapping on the server a. variable corn port to the peripheral device in server space.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for marketing products where the products are part of a product family having application dependent uses and where substantially improved product performance occurs when the product is properly selected for a given application. The systems and methods include offering the products in the product family to users and providing a web site to aid users in selecting the correct product. Additionally, the systems and methods include receiving a solicitation for advice at a web site to select the proper product for a given application from a client computer, processing the solicitation for advice, formulating advice selecting a preferred product based on the processing, and providing advice on the preferred product to the client computer.