Patent ID: 7447928

Claim:
A method for express activation of a multimedia player with a hot key standby state, applicable to a computer system having a data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, at least a hot key, and at least a multimedia device, the data storage storing an operating system, a multimedia device application, and a multimedia device driver, the method comprising the steps of: (a) the computer completing BIOS booting; (b) loading and executing the operating system of the computer; (c) the computer entering the hot key standby state, the state of the hot key being detectable in the hot key standby state wherein when entering the hot key standby state only a hot key interface and said hot key are in an operational mode; (d) detecting whether the hot key being operated; (e) upon detecting the hot key being operated, the computer awakening from the hot key standby state and entering a multimedia operational state, defined as executing multimedia device application program associated with the hot key being operated; and (f) loading and executing the multimedia device application program associated to the hot key.