Patent ID: 7360045

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a non-volatile data storage device capable of storing a first program and a second program for operating a computer apparatus and of storing data used when the computer apparatus is operated under the control of the first program; a working state storage processor for saving in said non-volatile data storage device the working state of the computer apparatus in response to receipt of a predetermined trigger input, said working state processor functioning to fix working state data stored in said non-volatile data storage device by suspending the first program and stopping power to said non-volatile data storage device and to said working state processor while supplying power to a bridge circuit and a controller when the predetermined trigger is inputted when said computer apparatus is operated under the control the first program; a system switch which restores power to the non-volatile storage device and said working state storage processor and boots the computer apparatus with the second program after fixation of the working state data; and a data dispatcher which dispatches the working state data stored in said non-volatile data storage device outside said non-volatile data storage device while the computer apparatus is operating under the control of the second program.