Computer, booting software product and computer booting method

• US 8,261,051 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2009
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Kuo, Chen-Chin, Chen, Chien-Hung, Lin, Chih-Lung
• Primary Examiner(s): Elamin, M
• Application Number:
  US12/507,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 713/2, 713/100
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

A computer includes an application system, a storage device and a basic input output system (BIOS). The application system can be respectively coupled to the storage device and the BIOS, set at least a multimedia file as a preset playing file according to an input instruction and store the preset playing file into the storage device. The application system can further generate a log file according to the input instruction and the storage position of the preset playing file, wherein the log file is sent to the BIOS. The BIOS has a file access module, so that the BIOS can acquire the preset playing file from the storage device according to the log file for playing during booting the computer.

Claims

1. A computer, comprising:

an application system, for setting a multimedia file as a preset playing file according to an input instruction and storing the preset playing file into a storage device, wherein the application system further generates a log file according to the input instruction and a storage position of the preset playing file;

a storage device, coupled to the application system for storing the preset playing file;

a basic input output system, coupled to the application system for executing a booting procedure whenever booting the computer and acquiring the preset playing file from the storage device according to the content of the log file during executing the booting procedure so as to play the preset playing file during booting the computer; and

a format-converting module, executed by the basic input output system, the format-converting module comprises;

converting the preset playing file into a file with a preset format, wherein the file with the preset format supports a resolution which is supported by an operating system of the computer whenever the computer is booted.

2. The computer according to claim 1, further comprising a memory for registering the preset playing file while the basic input output system is acquiring the preset playing file.

3. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the storage device is a hard disk.

4. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the storage device is a flash memory.

5. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia file is a video multimedia file.

6. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia file is an audio multimedia file.

7. A non-transitory booting software product installed in a computer and executed by the computer, the non-transitory booting software product comprises:

an interface module, for setting at least a multimedia file as a preset playing file according to an input instruction and generating a log file, wherein the preset playing file is located in a storage device;

a dynamic processing module, installed in a basic input output system of the computer for generating an accessing request whenever booting the computer;

a file access module, installed in the basic input output system of the computer for reading the log file and acquiring the preset playing file storage device according to the log file when receiving the accessing request;

a playing module, installed in the basic input output system of the computer and coupled to the dynamic processing module for playing the preset playing file during booting the computer; and

a format-converting module, coupled to one of the interface module, the file access module and the storage device for converting the preset playing file into a file with a preset format, wherein the file with the preset format supports a resolution which is supported by an operating system of the computer whenever the computer is booted.

8. The non-transitory booting software product according to claim 7, further comprising a built-in database, coupled to the interface module and storing a plurality of sample multimedia files for selecting the preset playing file among the sample multimedia files.

9. The non-transitory booting software product according to claim 7, wherein the multimedia file is a video multimedia file or an audio multimedia file.

10. The non-transitory booting software product according to claim 7, wherein the storage device is a hard disk or a flash memory.

11. The non-transitory booting software product according to claim 7, wherein the playing module comprises a video playing module and an audio playing module.

12. The non-transitory booting software product according to claim 7, wherein the dynamic processing module further registers the preset playing file acquired by the file access module into a memory.

13. A computer booting method, comprising:

executing a basic input output system of a computer;

reading a log file;

acquiring a preset playing file from a storage device according to the log file;

converting the preset playing file into a file with a preset format, wherein the file with the preset format supports a resolution which is supported by an operating system of the computer whenever the computer is booted;

playing the file with the preset format; and

loading the operating system.

14. The computer booting method according to claim 13, further comprising:

when the basic input output system is executed completely, stopping playing the preset playing file.

15. The computer booting method according to claim 13, further comprising:

selecting a multimedia file as the preset playing file;

storing the preset playable file into the storage device;

selecting one of a plurality of scene modes according to a scene setting instruction; and

recording the selected scene mode into the log file so as to play the preset playing file according to the selected scene mode during booting the computer.

16. The computer booting method according to claim 15, wherein each of the scene modes comprises a background and a foreground of a frame.

17. The computer booting method according to claim 13, further comprising:

selecting a plurality of multimedia files as the preset playing files;

storing the preset playable files into the storage device;

selecting one of a plurality of scene modes according to a scene setting instruction;

selecting one of a plurality of playing modes according to a playing setting instruction; and

recording the selected scene mode and playing mode into the log file so as to acquire one of the preset playing files according to the selected playing mode and to play the acquired preset playing file according to the selected scene mode during booting the computer.

18. The computer booting method according to claim 17, wherein the playing mode comprises ‘

specified playing’

, ‘

sequentially playing’ and

‘

randomly playing’

.

19. The computer booting method according to claim 13, wherein the preset playing file is a video file or an audio file.