Patent ID: 7401214

Claim:
A method for executing computer function options for a computer-based multimedia system, a computer of the multimedia system comprising a central processing unit, a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a function option signal generation unit having at least a function option button, and at least a multimedia device, the data storage storing at least an operating system, at least a multimedia device driver, at least a multimedia application program, the method comprising the steps of: (a) booting the computer; (b) establishing an image file memory region for function option application programs in the system memory; (c) detecting if the function option buttons of the function option signal generation unit are operated for activation; (d) loading and executing the multimedia application program corresponding to the operated function option button into the image file memory region of the system memory when detecting any function option button is depressed; (e) detecting if the function option buttons of the function option signal generation unit are operated for de-activation; (f) stopping executing the multimedia application program when detecting any function option button is depressed for de-activation; and (g) storing the multimedia application program as a program image file into a pre-determined memory address in the data storage, the data storage storing at least a program image file; wherein when the computer detects a same function option button is operated by the user to activate again, the computer loads the program image file into the image file memory region of the system memory for execution.