Patent ID: 6832311
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
An information processing system capable of resuming an operation, by using system data saved in a memory immediately before the system was suspended, the system comprising:means, responsive to occurrence of a wakeup event while the system is in a suspended state, for causing a BIOS program to execute a resume sub-process to restore an operation environment of a system core necessary to operate an operating system, the resume sub-process being included in a first resume process executed by the BIOS program; means, responsive to completion of the resume sub-process, for causing the operating system to start execution of a second resume process for restoring an operating environment of each of devices other than the system core; and means for inserting interrupt processes in which the BIOS program executes a remaining resume sub-process of the first resume process, into the second resume process, so as to execute the remaining resume sub-process and the second resume process in a parallel manner, the remaining resume sub-process including a preprocess for enabling the devices to be subjected to the second resume process.