TW202119212A - Electronic device and method for restoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device for restoring system is provided. The electronic device has an input port, a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores a device identification firmware. The processor connects to the input port and the storage device. The processor loads the device identification firmware and identifies a type of an external device according to the device identification firmware. The processor loads a system restoring file from a specified path of the external device according to the type of the external device. The processor performs the system restoring file to restore the system.

Description

Electronic device and method for repairing system

The present invention relates to a restoration technology, and more particularly to an electronic device and method for repairing a system.

The Basic Input Output System (Basic Input Output System, hereinafter referred to as BIOS) is used to perform hardware initialization and provide the firmware required for the operating system and programs to run. It can be described as an indispensable role in computer operation. Once there is a problem with the BIOS, the operating system cannot be opened smoothly, causing users to be unable to operate normally.

Generally speaking, a common BIOS repair method is, for example, using another repair file to repair the BIOS itself. The maintenance personnel must first save the repair file in the plug-in flash drive (dongle), and insert the plug-in flash drive into the input port of the computer so that the processor can read and execute the repair file in the plug-in flash drive. However, due to management requirements, most repair files are not provided to users for safekeeping. In addition, plug-in flash drives are not hardware accessories that every user has. Under such conditions, how to provide users with a simpler way to repair the BIOS is a subject for those skilled in the art.

The present invention provides an electronic device and method for repairing a system, so as to provide users with a convenient and simple way to perform preliminary repairs on the system when the system is damaged.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device is used to repair the system, and has an input port, a storage device, and a processor. The storage device recognizes the firmware of the storage device. The processor is connected to the input port and the storage device. In particular, the processor loads the device identification firmware, and identifies the type of external device according to the device identification firmware. The processor also reads the system repair file in the specified path in the external device according to the type of the external device, and the processor runs the system repair file to repair the system.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for repairing a system is applicable to an electronic device and has the following steps: load device identification firmware, and identify the type of external device according to the device identification firmware; according to the type of external device, Read the system repair file in the specified path of the external device; and run the system repair file to repair the system in the electronic device.

Based on the above, in the electronic device and method for repairing the system, the electronic device can recognize the external device, so that the user can store the system repair file through the familiar external device that he owns, and the electronic device can be restored by the system repair file The system in the electronic device. Therefore, the user no longer has to go to the repair station for inspection and repair, but can perform simple operations first, and let the electronic device automatically run the preliminary and simple repair through the external device.

In order to allow users to initially repair the system when the system is damaged, the present invention provides an electronic device and a method for repairing the system. It should be noted that in the following embodiments, the repaired system is, for example, a basic input output system (Basic Input Output System, hereinafter referred to as BIOS), but the present invention is not limited to this.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 has an external port 110, a storage device 120, and a processor 130.

The external port 110 is used to connect with external devices. For example, the external port 110 supports a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a Lightning interface, or any other external devices (such as mobile phones, tablets, hard drives, memory cards, plug-in flash drives, etc.). A connection interface that connects a device with data storage capability to the electronic device 100 directly or through a specific transmission connector can be applied to the present invention.

The storage device 120 is used to store various types of information. In particular, the storage device 120 stores device identification firmware. The device identification firmware is used to identify various types of devices. For example, the device identification firmware can be but not limited to the android identification layer or the iOS identification layer, that is, when the device identification firmware is loaded and running, its It can identify the Android or iOS system code, and then determine the operating system of the external device, and establish a communication bridge with the external device.

In this embodiment, the storage device 120 can be any type of fixed or removable random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), flash memory ( flash memory), hard disk (Hard Disk Drive, HDD), solid state drive (Solid State Drive, SSD) or similar components or a combination of the above components, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The processor 130 is connected to the external port 110 and the storage device 120 to perform various types of operations required by the electronic device 100. In this embodiment, the processor 130 is, for example, a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), or other programmable general-purpose or special-purpose microprocessor (Microprocessor), digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor) Processor, DSP), programmable controller, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or other similar components or a combination of the above components, the disclosure is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 100 may be, for example, a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, or any other similar devices equipped with a port 110, a storage device 120, and a processor 130.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for repairing a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the method for repairing the system is at least applicable to the electronic device 100 shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. The following will use both the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 1 and the schematic flowchart of FIG. 2 to illustrate the flow of the method for repairing the system performed by the electronic device 100.

When the electronic device 100 (for example, the BIOS system) fails to boot or other abnormal situations, the operator connects the external device to the external port 110. It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present invention, the external device is a device frequently held by an operator, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like. In other words, the operator can use the common device at hand to help repair the system, no need to use the plug-in flash drive to repair it.

In step S210, the processor 130 loads the device identification firmware in the storage device 120, and identifies the type of the external device according to the device identification firmware. In an embodiment of the present invention, the processor 130 automatically loads the device identification firmware in the storage device 120 when it detects that the storage device 120 is connected to the input port 110. In another embodiment of the present invention, the operator must first input a repair trigger command (for example, but not limited to, pressing the Fn key and the ESC key at the same time), and the processor 130 will load the storage when receiving the trigger command. The device in the device 120 recognizes the firmware. Or, in another embodiment of the present invention, the operator must first input the command to enable repair, and then, when the processor 130 detects that the storage device 120 is connected to the input port 110, it loads the device identification in the storage device 120 firmware. Or, in another embodiment of the present invention, the processor 130 will load the device identification firmware regardless of whether the system is defective or not. For example, there are multiple phases in the cycle of an electronic device operation, including the security phase (Security, SEC), the initialization phase (Pre-EFI Initialization, PEFI), the driver execution environment phase (Driver Execution Environment, DXE), Device selection phase (Boot Device Select, BDS), transient system load phase (Transient System Load, TSL), operation phase (Run Time, RT) and other phases (After Life, AL). The device identification firmware will be loaded and run during the driver execution environment stage, but the invention is not limited to this. By identifying the firmware of the loaded device, the processor 130 can identify the external device to confirm the type of the external device (for example, but not limited to, the software and firmware version is used as the classification of the external device).

In step S220, the processor 130 reads the system repair file in the specified path in the external device according to the type of the external device. Specifically, because different types of external devices have different designs, the locations where the system repair files are stored are different for different types of external devices. In an embodiment of the present invention, the developer will set a path corresponding to the system repair file for each type of external device in the storage device 120 in advance. Or, in another embodiment of the present invention, there is a communication command in the device recognition firmware. When the device recognition firmware is loaded and running, the processor 130 can request system repair from the external device through the communication command. The storage location of the file, however, the present invention is not limited to this.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the preset path corresponding to the iOS version 13 device is such as but not limited to //iPhone/download/restoreNB.bin, and the preset path corresponding to the android version 10 device is such as but not limited to / /system/document/restoreNB.bin, whereby the processor 130 accesses the specified path according to different types of external devices to obtain the device identification firmware.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in order to reduce the complexity of the operator during system recovery, when performing system recovery, the operator must first download the designated support application from the application store (for example, the electronic device 100 The support application provided by the original manufacturer), the operator can connect to the server from the support application through the guidance of the support application to download the system repair file. By supporting application downloads, the system repair file will be stored in the specified path. For example, the specified path for iOS is //iphone/application/SupportApp/download/restoreNB.bin.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an identification barcode is also provided on the housing of the electronic device 100, and the identification barcode corresponds to the model of the electronic device 100 and the web address of the server. Specifically, when the system is repaired, since the system version and settings corresponding to each device are different, the corresponding system repair files are also different. Therefore, when the external device scans the identification bar code, it will be directed to the model system repair file download page of the corresponding electronic device 100 through the URL of the server therein, or automatically fill in the model number of the electronic device 100 in the designated field. After the operator presses the confirmation button, the external device will download the system repair file to the specified path. In this way, even operators who are not familiar with electronic products can simply scan the identification barcode, confirm the download of the system repair file, and connect the external device to the electronic device 100 through the assistance of the support application to automatically repair it. The system in the electronic device 100 simplifies the complexity of operation.

After the processor 130 loads the system repair file through the designated path, in step S230, the processor 130 runs the system repair file to repair the system.

In summary, in the electronic device and method for repairing the system provided by the present invention, the electronic device can recognize the external device, so that the user can store the system repair file through the familiar external device he owns, and the electronic device can borrow Restore the system in the electronic device from the system repair file. Therefore, the user no longer has to go to the repair station for inspection and repair, but can perform simple operations first, and let the electronic device automatically run the preliminary and simple repair through the external device.

In particular, the operator can simply scan the identification bar code, confirm the download of the system repair file, and connect the external device to the electronic device 100 through the assistance of the support application to automatically repair the system in the electronic device 100, simplifying The complexity of the operation is improved, so that the operator can repair the system in a simpler way.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to those defined by the attached patent application scope.

100: electronic device 110: Port 120: storage device 130: processor S210~S230: steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for repairing a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

S210~S230: steps

Claims (11)

An electronic device for repairing a system, including: An input port; A storage device, storing a device identification firmware; and A processor connected to the input port and the storage device, wherein, The processor loads the device identification firmware, and identifies the type of an external device according to the device identification firmware, The processor also reads a system repair file in a specified path of the external device according to the type of the external device, The processor runs the system repair file to repair the system. The electronic device as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein: In response to detecting that the external device is connected to the input port, the processor loads the device identification firmware. The electronic device as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein: In response to receiving a trigger command, the processor loads the device identification firmware. The electronic device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application also includes: The external device stores the system repair file. The electronic device as described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein: The external device is connected to a server, and the system repair file is downloaded and stored in the server. For the electronic device described in claim 1, wherein a housing of the electronic device includes an identification barcode, and after the identification barcode is scanned by the external device, the external device is connected to the server. A method for repairing a system, suitable for an electronic device, includes: Load a device identification firmware, and identify the type of an external device according to the device identification firmware; Reading a system repair file in a specified path of the external device according to the type of the external device; and Run the system repair file to repair a system in the electronic device. The method described in item 7 of the scope of patent application also includes: In response to detecting that the external device is connected to the electronic device, load the device identification firmware. The method described in item 7 of the scope of patent application also includes: In response to receiving a trigger command, load the device identification firmware. The method described in item 7 of the scope of patent application also includes: The external device is connected to a server, and the system repair file is downloaded and stored in the server. The method according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein a housing of the electronic device includes an identification barcode, and the method for repairing the system further includes: In response to the identification bar code being scanned by the external device, the external device is connected to the server.

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