Patents by Inventor Grace Qin

Grace Qin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Control method and computer system for advanced configuration and power interface
    Patent number: 8065547
    Abstract: Provided is a control method for an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) in a computer system. The computer system comprises a processor and a bus master, wherein the processor, as defined by the ACPI specification, has a first state (C0 state), a second state (C1 state), a third state (C2 state), a fourth state (C3 state) and a fifth state (C4 state). The method comprises enabling the processor to run in the C2 state when a request from the bus master is issued before the processor enters the C3 state, or enables the processor to ignore the C4 state and complete the C3 state when the request from the bus master is issued at the C3 state and before entering the C4 state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-Po Chang, Grace Qin, Cheng-Wei Huang, Ying-Chung Chen
  • CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED CONFIGURATION AND POWER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20090300376
    Abstract: Provided is a control method for an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) in a computer system. The computer system comprises a processor and a bus master, wherein the processor, as defined by the ACPI specification, has a first state (C0 state), a second state (C1 state), a third state (C2 state), a fourth state (C3 state) and a fifth state (C4 state). The method comprises enabling the processor to run in the C2 state when a request from the bus master is issued before the processor enters the C3 state, or enables the processor to ignore the C4 state and complete the C3 state when the request from the bus master is issued at the C3 state and before entering the C4 state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jen-Po Chang, Grace Qin, Cheng-Wei Huang, Ying-Chung Chen