US 7,735,098 B2Granted

Method for executing computer programs in accordance with preset execution priority

AssigneeGetac Technology Corporation

InventorYu-Chia Chang

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Abstract

A method for executing computer programs in accordance with a preset priority is provided. The method is applicable to a computer system connecting to a data storage, a plurality of device selection buttons, and a plurality of multimedia players. The data storage is installed with a plurality of device drivers, a plurality of device application programs, and a program execution priority table. The program execution priority table defines correspondence between the device selection buttons and the multimedia players, and the priority order of execution of the device drivers and the device application programs of the multimedia players. When the computer detects any device selection button is pressed, the computer executes the device drivers and the device application programs corresponding the multimedia player in the priority order defined by the program execution priority table.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method for executing computer programs in accordance with a preset priority in a computer system having a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a plurality of device selection buttons, and a plurality of multimedia players, the data storage being installed with a first operating system, a second operating system, a plurality of device drivers corresponding to a plurality of devices of each multimedia player, a plurality of device application programs, and a program execution priority table;

the program execution priority table defining correspondence between device selection buttons and multimedia players and priority order of execution of the plurality of corresponding device drivers and the device application programs of the multimedia players;
the method comprising the steps of:
(a) detecting an operation status of each device selection button;
(b) the computer using the second operating system to boot the computer upon detection of any device selection button being operated;
(c) the computer loading the program execution priority table from the data storage after booting the second operating system;
(d) finding a multimedia player corresponding to the operated device selection button according to the program execution priority table;
(e) finding the device drivers and the device application programs corresponding to the multimedia player according to the program execution priority table;
and
(f) executing all of the device drivers and the device application programs corresponding to the multimedia player in the priority order defined by the program execution priority table.

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A method for executing computer programs in accordance with a preset priority in a computer system having a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a plurality of device selection buttons, and a plurality of multimedia players, the data storage being installed with an operating system, a plurality of device drivers corresponding to a plurality of devices of each multimedia player, a plurality of device application programs, and a program execution priority table;

the program execution priority table defining correspondence between device selection buttons and multimedia players and priority order of execution of the plurality of corresponding device drivers and the device application programs of the multimedia players;
the method comprising the steps of:
(a) detecting an operation status of each device selection button;
(b) the computer using the operating system to boot the computer upon detection of any device selection button being operated;
(c) the computer loading the program execution priority table from the data storage after booting the operating system;
(d) finding a multimedia player corresponding to the operated device selection button according to the program execution priority table;
(e) finding the device drivers and the device application programs corresponding to the multimedia player according to the program execution priority table;
and
(f) executing all of the device drivers and the device application programs corresponding to the multimedia player in the priority order defined by the program execution priority table.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.