Method for booting computer multimedia system with high speed data storage

• US 20070028082A1
• Filed: 10/05/2005
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitac Technology Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mitac Technology Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Lien, Che-Liang
• Granted Patent: US 7,496,744 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/441 Multiboot arrangements, i.e. selecting an operating system to be loaded

Abstract

A method for express execution of multimedia playing for a computer multimedia system to load kernel operating system from a high speed data storage is provided. The computer of the computer multimedia system has a central processing unit, a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a plurality of hot keys, and a plurality of multimedia devices, and a high speed data storage connected to the central processing unit through a bus. When a hot key is detected to be operated, the computer loads and executes the second operating system and kernel to system memory, and loads and executes the multimedia device driver and multimedia device application program for the multimedia device associated with the pressed hot key. The high speed data storage is a memory chip or a flash memory.

Claims

1. A method for express execution of multimedia playing for a computer multimedia system to load kernel operating system from a high speed data storage, a computer of the computer multimedia system comprising a central processing unit, a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a plurality of hot keys, and a plurality of multimedia devices, the data storage storing a first operating system, a plurality of multimedia device drivers, and a plurality of multimedia device application programs, the computer further comprising a high speed data storage connected to the central processing unit through a bus, the high speed data storage storing a second operating system kernel program, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting the state of each hot key;

(b) when detecting any of the hot keys being actuated, the computer loading and executing the second operating system kernel program to the system memory;

(c) loading and executing the multimedia device driver and the multimedia device application program associated with the actuated hot key from the data storage; and

(d) activating the multimedia device associated with the actuated hot key.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data storage comprises a hard disk.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the hard disk is divided into a first partition and a second segment, the first partition storing the first operating system and the second partition storing the multimedia device drivers and the multimedia device application programs.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high speed data storage comprises a memory chip.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said high speed data storage comprises a flash memory.

6. A method for express execution of multimedia playing for a computer multimedia system to load kernel operating system from a high speed data storage, a computer of the computer multimedia system comprising a central processing unit, a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a plurality of hot keys, and a plurality of multimedia devices, the data storage storing a first operating system, the computer further comprising a high speed data storage connected to the central processing unit through a bus, the high speed data storage storing a second operating system kernel program, a plurality of multimedia device drivers, and a plurality of multimedia device application programs, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting the state of each hot key;

(b) when detecting any hot key being actuated, the computer loading and executing the second operating system kernel program to the system memory;

(c) loading and executing the multimedia device driver and the multimedia device application program associated with the actuated hot key from the high speed memory; and

(d) activating the multimedia device associated with the pressed hot key.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the data storage comprises a hard disk.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the high speed data storage comprises a memory chip.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the high speed data storage comprises a flash memory.

10. A method for express execution of multimedia playing for a computer multimedia system to load kernel operating system from a high speed memory, a computer of the computer multimedia system comprising a central processing unit, a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a plurality of hot keys, and a plurality of multimedia devices, the data storage storing a first operating system, the computer further comprising a high speed data storage connected to the central processing unit through a bus, the high speed data storage storing a second operating system kernel program, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting the state of each hot key;

(b) when detecting any hot key being actuated, the computer loading and executing the second operating system kernel program to the system memory;

(c) loading and executing the multimedia device driver and the multimedia device application program associated with the actuated hot key from the high speed memory; and

(d) activating the multimedia device associated with the actuated hot key.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the data storage comprises a hard disk.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the multimedia device driver and the multimedia device application program are stored in the data storage.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the multimedia device driver and the multimedia device application program are stored in the high speed memory.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the high speed data storage comprises a memory chip.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the high speed data storage comprises a flash memory.