Patent ID: 7840793

Claim:
A method of fast booting for computer multimedia playing from a standby mode, applicable to a computer having a central processing unit, a data storage connected to the central processing unit, a system memory, a basic input/put system (BIOS), and at least a multimedia player, the data storage installed with a first operating system and a second operating system kernel, the computer being operable in a normal computer operation mode, the standby mode, and a multimedia playing mode by being controlled by a power management mechanism, the method comprising the following steps: (a) booting the computer with the first operating system to enter the normal computer operation mode; (b) establishing a second operating system kernel region in the system memory; (c) loading the second operating system kernel to the second operating system kernel region; (d) when a user operates a switch for shutting down the computer, activating the power management mechanism to enable the computer to enter the standby mode and the first operating system to enter the standby mode; (e) detecting a first event signal triggered by the user while the computer is in the standby mode; (f) generating a switch signal to the central processing unit upon detecting the first event signal; and (g) awaking the computer from the standby mode and executing the second operating system kernel in the second operating system kernel region to enable the computer to enter the multimedia playing mode.