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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Chung-chih Tung, Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Chung-Chih Tung, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Mitac Technology Corp., Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for playing compressed multimedia files in a semi-power on state of a computer is provided. A program is provided in the BIOS so that POST (Power On Self Test) is not performed after the power is turned on. The program directly initializes multimedia chips or chipsets. A micro controller is provided as the interface for the CPU to control to execute the commands given by its user. Finally, the processed result is presented by a player. Through the simple method, the user can make the computer play compressed multimedia files directly, achieving the goal of a computer with the home electronics functions.