Patents by Inventor Town Chen

Town Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20100205420
    Abstract: A system and a method for realizing a remote test on a computer apparatus without a storage device are described, in which a client is enabled to select a desired operating system image file from a server and use the operating system image file to provide an initial processing on an operating system of the client. The testing method includes initializing a virtual disk in the client, registering the virtual disk to a basic input and output system (BIOS) of the client, connecting to a server over network according to connection information in the virtual disk, loading boot information into the client from the server, and performing a boot procedure on the client according to the boot information. Therefore, during a booting process of the client, a virtual disk is initialized in the server, so as to be used for booting the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Town Chen, Qiu-Yue Duan, Tom Chen
  • Patent number: 7574624
    Abstract: An integrated test method on a multi-operation system (OS) platform for performing an integrated test of a file system and disk performance in a computer with an extended firmware interface (EFI) system environment on multiple OS platforms is provided. The method includes the following steps. Scan sectors of an entire physical hard disk and perform a hardware underlying test of a disk device in the EFI environment; select and load an OS, then enter the OS environment to test the file system and the disk performance in the system environment; exit from the OS and return to the EFI environment to summarize a test result; determine whether it is necessary to load other OSes, if necessary, return and load other OSes, and if not, send the summarized test result to a server terminal for analysis and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Town Chen, Kai Wang, Tom Chen, Win-Harn Liu
  • Publication number: 20090083486
    Abstract: A testing device and method of card reading interface are applied to a card reading interface including a plurality of memory cards, and are used to integrate memory card interfaces in a memory card slot. The testing device includes memory cards, a switching unit, a connecting part, and a connecting circuit. Wherein, the switching unit receives a switching instruction and selects a corresponding memory card according to the switching instruction. The connecting part is electrically connected between the memory card slot and the switching unit. The connecting circuit is connected between the switching unit and the memory cards, and transmits detection data to the laptop computer. The laptop computer checks the detection data before testing and after testing. Thus, the device and method thereof can detects function normally or not on the memory card slot, and reduces the plugging times from the memory card slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPRATION
    Inventors: Town CHEN, Qi ZHAO, Gang ZHOU, Tom CHEN, Win-Harn LIU
  • Publication number: 20080201610
    Abstract: An integrated test method on a multi-operation system (OS) platform for performing an integrated test of a file system and disk performance in a computer with an extended firmware interface (EFI) system environment on multiple OS platforms is provided. The method includes the following steps. Scan sectors of an entire physical hard disk and perform a hardware underlying test of a disk device in the EFI environment; select and load an OS, then enter the OS environment to test the file system and the disk performance in the system environment; exit from the OS and return to the EFI environment to summarize a test result; determine whether it is necessary to load other OSes, if necessary, return and load other OSes, and if not, send the summarized test result to a server terminal for analysis and processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Town Chen, Kai Wang, Tom Chen, Win-Harn Liu