# US 2014/0208093 A1 · Electronic device with a pluality of booting modes

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- Number: US 2014/0208093 A1
- Document ID: US20140208093A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/094,085
- Filed: 2013-12-02
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-21
- Assignees: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
- Applicants: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
- Inventors: Li-Chien WU; Pai-Ching HUANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140208093A1

## CPC

- G06F 9/441: {Multiboot arrangements, i.e. selecting an operating system to be loaded}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An electronic device with a plurality of booting modes comprises at least a button unit, a control module, a control chip unit, a super I/O unit and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). One of the button units outputs a first signal according to a trigger event. The control module includes a buffer unit connected to the button units. The control module sets the buffer unit according to the first signal. The control module outputs a status signal and copies the first signal and outputs the first signal after a delay time. The control chip unit receives the status signal. The super I/O unit receives the first signal outputted from the control module and transmits the first signal to the control chip unit. When the control chip unit receives the status signal and the first signal, the BIOS executes the corresponding booting procedure according to the status signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device with a plurality of booting modes, comprising:
at least a button unit, wherein one of the button units outputs a first signal according to a trigger event;
a control module, including a buffer unit, wherein the control module is connected to the button units, the control module sets the buffer unit according to the first signal, and the first signal is stored in the butler unit, the control module outputs a status signal, and the control module copies the first signal and outputs the first signal after a delay time;
a control chip unit, connected to the control module and the control chip unit receiving the status signal;
a super input/output (I/O) unit, connected to the control module and the control chip unit, wherein the super I/O unit receives the first signal outputted from the control module and transmits the first signal to the control chip unit; and
a basic input/output system (BIOS), connected to the control chip unit;
wherein when the control chip unit receives the status signal and the first signal, the BIOS executes a corresponding booting procedure according to the status signal received by the control chip unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the buffer unit includes a flag, wherein the control module further includes a detecting unit, a determining unit, and the detecting unit detects the first signal, the determining unit is connected to the detecting unit and sets the flag according to the first signal, and the buffer unit is connected to the determining unit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein after the determining unit determines content of the first signal, the flag of the buffer unit is set according to the content of the first signal, and the content of the flag represents a state of the status signal to control the booting procedure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the button units include one or a combination of a power button and a special button.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding booting procedure includes one or a combination of an instant booting procedure, a non-instant booting procedure, entering BIOS procedure and a system recovery procedure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the trigger event is that pressing the button unit exceeding a default time, the determining unit determines that the trigger event is a non-instant booting event and the control chip unit executes a non-instant booting procedure.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the trigger event is pressing the button unit twice in a time interval, the trigger event is determined as an instant booting event by the determining unit, and the control chip unit executes an instant booting procedure.