Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080215770 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SEAMLESSLY SHARING A GRAPHICS CARD AMONGST VIRTUAL MACHINES - The present invention provides a virtual machine system and a method of accessing a graphics card by the same, wherein, the virtual machine system includes a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM), a Service Operating System (SOS) and at least one Guest Operating System (GOS), and further includes a resource converting module for performing IO address converting on graphics card framebuffer accessing data from the GOS(s) or mapping MMIO(s) to physical MMIO(s) of a graphics card based on a resource converting table or resource converting tables, and sending the processed data to the graphics card; and a framebuffer allocating module for dividing a framebuffer resource of the graphics card into multiple blocks and allocating them respectively to the corresponding GOS(s). The resource converting table(s) records correspondences between a resource allocation for the graphics card by the SOS and a resource allocation or resource allocations for the graphics card by the GOS(s). The framebuffer MMIO resource(s) allocated to the graphics card by the GOS(s) is/are the framebuffer allocated to the GOS(s) by the framebuffer allocating module. The virtual machine system and the method according to the present invention are capable of accessing the real graphics card through the resource converting table(s), and also solve the problem of display confusion when multiple GOSs commonly access the real graphics card while being able to switch display. | 09-04-2008 |
20080276258 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Assigning I/O Device in Virtual Machine System - A method and apparatus for dynamic assigning I/O device in virtual machine system, the virtual machine system comprises a service OS, a hypervisor and at least one guest OS. The service OS contains a device model module, the device model module providing an access platform for I/O device to the guest OS. The guest OS access the device model module through the hypervisor. One device state module for dynamic reflecting the device's state is increased in the device model module, the device state module dynamic altering the register condition of the device in hardware space. It is possible to dynamic control the access to I/O device by the guest OS by using the control panel in the service OS to dynamic alter the device's state in the device state module. One agent module is increased in guest OS, for altering the device's state in guest OS anytime based on the change of the device state. | 11-06-2008 |
20090094150 | Method and client system for implementing online secure payment - The invention discloses a method for implementing an online secure payment, which comprises steps of: transmitting to a dedicated operating system a secure payment request page for goods which is generated in a general operating system; and completing a payment operation in the secure payment request page of the dedicated operating system, after switching from the general operating system to the dedicated operating system. The invention further comprises a client system for implementing an online secure payment. In the invention, the general operating system for general operations is distinguished from the dedicated operating system for secure payment operations, and the security for the network payment is further enhanced by configuring the firewall and monitoring processes in the dedicated operating system. Furthermore, it is not necessary to make any modification on the existed network transaction system when the technical solution of the present invention is applied, the cost may be reduced and the technical solution of the present invention is facilitated to be deployed and spread. | 04-09-2009 |
20090153575 | Method for sharing graphics card among multiple operation systems and computer system - The present invention provides a method for sharing a graphics card among multiple Operation Systems (OSs) and a computer system. The method comprises: detecting a first GOS to be displayed, the first GOS being one of at least two GOSs; calling a correspondence table to determine a first display control register bank corresponding to the first GOS, the first display control register bank including display mode parameters therein; controlling the first display control register bank to connect to a display output port; and displaying the first GOS based on the display mode parameters. According to the inventive method and computer system, it is possible to achieve sharing of the graphics card among the multiple OSs and quick display of the GOS to be displayed, without simulating registers of the graphics card. | 06-18-2009 |
20090167773 | CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY BETWEEN OSs - The present invention provides a control method for switching display between a plurality of OSs as well as a computer system. The method comprises: detecting that the currently displayed guest operating system (GOS) is required to be switched from a first GOS to a second GOS; determining whether the first GOS satisfies a preset switching condition, and switching the currently displayed GOS to the second GOS if the preset switching condition is satisfied, and otherwise, prohibiting the switching from the currently displayed GOS. With the method and the computer system, it is possible to avoid picture distortion or blurring or system collapse in switching display between a plurality of OSs. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172667 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SHARING GRAPHICS CARD AMONG MULTIPLE OPERATION SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method and a computer system for sharing a graphics card among multiple Operation Systems (OSs). The method includes: detecting a first GOS to be displayed, the first GOS being a primary GOS or one of at least one secondary GOS; determining the kind of the first GOS, so that different display control register bank(s) and graphics card memory resources are allocated to the first GOS depending on whether it is a primary GOS or a secondary GOS; controlling the display control register bank(s) allocated to the first GOS to connect to a display output port; obtaining display contents based on the graphics card memory resources allocated to the first GOS; and displaying the display contents based on display mode parameters in the display control register bank(s) connected to the display output port. According to the present invention, it is possible to share the graphics card among the multiple OSs without modifying the drivers of the primary GOS. | 07-02-2009 |
20100174943 | METHOD FOR RESTORING CLIENT OPERATING SYSTEM-BASED SYSTEM, VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for restoring a client operating system-based system, a virtual machine manager and a virtual machine manager system using the same. The method comprises steps of: receiving a restoration instruction for the client operating system and suspending running the client operating system after receiving the restoration instruction, the restoration instruction including a preset restoration point; determining a first memory snapshot and a first incremental file corresponding to the restoration point, the first memory snapshot being a memory snapshot for the client operating system, which is created when setting the restoration point, and the first incremental file being an incremental file, which is mapped as the first hard disk when setting the restoration point; re-mapping the first incremental file as the first hard disk; and performing a snapshot recovery based on the first memory snapshot. With the present invention, system restoration may be performed rapidly. | 07-08-2010 |
20120324186 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER FOR DATA OPERATION - A method, an apparatus and a computer for data operation are provided. The method includes: determining, when writing data to a sector of a storage device, whether the sector belongs to an old block for a restore point of the storage device. If so, the method further includes: allocating a new block and writing the data into the new block; creating a table including an address of the old block, an address of the new block and a first identifier, wherein the first identifier has first identification elements corresponding to the sector in the old block and in the new block, respectively, and wherein each of the first identification elements has a first state indicating to read data from the old block during data restoration in the sector and a second state indicating to read data from the new block during data restoration in the sector; and pointing the address of the old block in an address index table for the restore point to the created table. Otherwise, the method further includes: allocating a new block and writing the data into the new block; and modifying the address of the old block in an address index table for the restore point into the address of the new block. With the present invention, the time required for operation on the sector for the restore point of the storage device can be saved, and the performance of the computer can be improved. | 12-20-2012 |