Patents by Inventor Yunti Chen

Yunti 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).

  • Method for controlling upgrade of firmware
    Patent number: 7337311
    Abstract: A method for controlling upgrade of firmware of an electronic device comprising process of forming a hardware ID code; forming a firmware ID code; and checking said firmware ID code and hardware ID code and upgrading said firmware. A coding method is applied for management of software and hardware versions of the device. According to the codes, the entireness and correctness of a firmware is checked before recording the firmware, so that any unintentional mistake or intentional change to the firmware file can be prevented. The compatibility of the firmware file to the hardware and the system resource capacity of the hardware are confirmed in order to prevent from failure during updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunti Chen, Tien-So Huang, Chung-Hsuan Kuo
  • Method for controlling upgrade of firmware
    Publication number: 20050108700
    Abstract: A method for controlling upgrade of firmware of an electronic device comprising process of forming a hardware ID code; forming a firmware ID code; and checking said firmware ID code and hardware ID code and upgrading said firmware. A coding method is applied for management of software and hardware versions of the device. According to the codes, the entireness and correctness of a firmware is checked before recording the firmware, so that any unintentional mistake or intentional change to the firmware file can be prevented. The compatibility of the firmware file to the hardware and the system resource capacity of the hardware are confirmed in order to prevent from failure during updating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Yunti Chen, Tien-So Huang, Chung-Hsuan Kuo