Patents by Inventor Shang-Zhi Wu

Shang-Zhi Wu 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).

  • BIOS file switching method and controller device thereof
    Patent number: 7822965
    Abstract: A file switching method of a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) file is disclosed. Upon a received read instruction, a timer for a predetermined timing is initiated, and a first data page having a requested data is read from a first BIOS file. An error correction check on the first data page is performed to check if any error in the first data page. If an error is occurred in the error correction check, repeating the step “reading the first data page”. If number of times of the repeating step exceeds a predetermined number, or if the predetermined timing is expired, a second data page having the requested data is read from a second BIOS file according to the read instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin-Xi Li, Shang-Zhi Wu, Xin-Ping Huang
  • BIOS FILE SWITCHING METHOD AND CONTROLLER DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20080195853
    Abstract: A file switching method of a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) file is disclosed. Upon a received read instruction, a timer for a predetermined timing is initiated, and a first data page having a requested data is read from a first BIOS file. An error correction check on the first data page is performed to check if any error in the first data page. If an error is occurred in the error correction check, repeating the step “reading the first data page”. If number of times of the repeating step exceeds a predetermined number, or if the predetermined timing is expired, a second data page having the requested data is read from a second BIOS file according to the read instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Xin-Xi Li, Shang-Zhi Wu, Xin-Ping Huang