Patents by Inventor Sam Lo

Sam Lo 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).

  • Method for performing quick boot and general boot at bios stage
    Patent number: 8429390
    Abstract: A method for performing a quick boot and a general boot at a basic input output system (BIOS) stage is described. A computer is powered on. An embedded controller firmware or a BIOS determines whether a quick boot key is pressed. If the quick boot key is not pressed, a boot flag is changed from Quick Boot to General Boot. If the quick boot key is pressed, the BIOS determines whether the boot flag is set to Quick Boot. If it is determined that the boot flag is set to Quick Boot, an initialization of drivers preset by the quick boot is performed, and uninitialized drivers are initialized at a stage when an operating system is started. If it is determined that the boot flag is set to General Boot, an initialization of all drivers is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventors: David Yu, Lawrence Chiu, Jeremy Wang, Sam Lo, Giant Liang, Susan Su
  • Method for performing quick boot and general boot at bios stage
    Publication number: 20110161646
    Abstract: A method for performing a quick boot and a general boot at a basic input output system (BIOS) stage is described. A computer is powered on. An embedded controller firmware or a BIOS determines whether a quick boot key is pressed. If the quick boot key is not pressed, a boot flag is changed from Quick Boot to General Boot. If the quick boot key is pressed, the BIOS determines whether the boot flag is set to Quick Boot. If it is determined that the boot flag is set to Quick Boot, an initialization of drivers preset by the quick boot is performed, and uninitialized drivers are initialized at a stage when an operating system is started. If it is determined that the boot flag is set to General Boot, an initialization of all drivers is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INSYDE SOFTWARE CORP.
    Inventors: David Yu, Lawrence Chiu, Jeremy Wang, Sam Lo, Giant Liang, Susan Su