KR100703691B1 - System and method for offering working environment according to user information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a work environment according to user information. The present invention relates to extracting and setting setting values of a PC and its peripheral devices stored for each user in advance by using user information input at the time of booting. The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a work environment according to user information for booting a PC into a preferred work environment.

A system for providing a work environment based on user information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit for receiving setting values of a PC and a peripheral device, and storing the input values of the received PC and the peripheral device by matching the user information. And an extractor for extracting setting values of a PC and a peripheral device that match the user information that matches the user information received from the user from among the stored user information, and loading the setting values of the extracted PC and the peripheral device into the CMOS RAM. It includes a data loading unit.

BIOS, ROM, POST, DMI, User Information, Work Configuration Device

Description

System and method for offering working environment according to user information}

1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a PC according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for setting a working environment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a work environment setting on an operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a work environment based on user information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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210: input unit 220: storage unit

230: user information receiving unit 240: extraction unit

250: data loading unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a work environment according to user information, and more particularly, by using user information input at boot time, extracting setting values of a PC and peripheral devices stored for each user in advance. By setting up, the present invention relates to a system and method for providing a work environment according to user information for booting a PC into a work environment preferred by each user.

In general, an operating system of a computer system allows a plurality of users to store their own configuration values and is output to a working environment at boot time. The preferences of these operating systems include network permissions, file permissions, application permissions, as well as icon placement and display settings on the desktop.The user can use the saved user information to bring up a different working environment for each user. have.

Such a preset operating system environment operates after the operating system is fully booted. In the case of a computer system operated by a specific operating system, the operating system does not operate when the user supplies power to the system. It goes through a process of checking whether various devices connected to the device are operating normally.

This process is called Power-On Self-Test (POST). In the case of Personal Computers (PCs), the keyboard, RAM, and disk drives In addition, the basic input / output system (hereinafter referred to as BIOS) is operated to perform the POST process to check whether other hardware is operating properly.

Here, the BIOS is a kind of program stored in the ROM (Read Only Memory), and is responsible for booting the computer until the operating system operates.

Normally, the POST process consists of a system bus test, graphics card test, memory test, keyboard test, disk test, plug and play function operation, CMOS content check, and desktop management interface (DMI) function operation.

The operation of the DMI function is to determine the resources used by each device connected to the motherboard as configured in the CMOS setup.

DMI is a system for centrally managing and tracking hardware and software components within a PC, created by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) to automate system management. DMI is independent of hardware, operating system, and specific management protocols. This independence is achieved by collecting a Management Information Format (MIF), a text file that contains information about hardware or software components. A component is an entity that exists in a physical or logical form on a PC, such as hardware, software, or firmware. A MIF file is created for each component, which is the MIF data when the component is installed on the PC. Is added to the base.

The user may also require initial configuration of hardware, such as a PC's peripherals, such as operating system user preferences. For example, a laptop computer user would like to be booted according to the desired settings for screen brightness, touch pad use and speaker volume size, and this may be required if multiple users share the system. Becomes even larger.

An object of the present invention is to extract and set setting values of a PC and its peripheral devices stored for each user in advance by using user information input at the time of booting, thereby booting the PC into a preferred working environment of each user.

An object of the present invention is to enable a user to modify or apply a work environment of himself or another user on an operating system.

The object of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned object, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, the system for providing a work environment according to the user information according to an embodiment of the present invention, the input unit for receiving the setting values of the PC and peripheral devices, and the user of the setting values of the received PC and peripheral devices A storage unit for matching the information and storing the information; an extracting unit for extracting setting values of the PC and the peripheral apparatuses matching the user information matching the user information received from the user among the stored user information; and the extracted PC and the peripheral apparatuses. It includes a data loading unit for loading the setting value in the CMOS RAM.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a work environment based on user information, the method comprising: receiving setting values of a PC and a peripheral device; matching and storing the received setting values of the PC and the peripheral device with user information; And extracting setting values of the PC and the peripheral device that match the user information that matches the user information received from the user from the stored user information, and loading the extracted setting values of the PC and the peripheral device into the CMOS RAM. It includes.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a PC according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In general, a PC is mainly composed of a North Bridge 115 and a South Bridge 135. The North Bridge 115 includes a central processing unit 105, a memory such as RAM 120, and a graphics card. While the South Bridge 135 controls the exchange of data between relatively fast data transfer devices such as an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 110 to which it is connected, the South Bridge 135 is an ISA 130 to which an input device such as a mouse or keyboard can be connected. Devices with relatively slow data transfer rates, such as integrated drive electronics (155), peripheral component interconnect (PCI) 140, and BIOS ROM 145, to which auxiliary storage devices such as hard disk drives or CD-ROMs are connected. Perform data exchange and power management between them.

The north bridge 115 and the south bridge 135 are connected through a PCI bus, which is a type of the system bus 125, to collectively manage the computer system. For example, when a command is input through a keyboard or a mouse, the south bridge 135 transmits a command received from the keyboard through the system bus 125 to the north bridge 115 and to the north bridge 115. Command is stored in the memory (120). The central processing unit 105 reads a command from the memory 120 through the north bridge 115, processes the command, and outputs the result of the command processing to an output device such as a monitor through a graphic card.

The BIOS ROM 145 stores a POST routine, a command connected to a CMOS RAM, a command connected to various peripheral devices, and an operating system boot command. The setting values of the PC and the peripheral device for user information according to an embodiment of the present invention are stored. Is preferably stored in the DMI region 150 of the BIOS 145.

When power is applied to the PC, the POST process is performed by the BIOS stored in the BIOS 145.

The POST process consists of a system bus test, graphics card test, memory test, keyboard test, disk test, plug and play function operation, CMOS contents check, and DMI function operation. It is preferably carried out before the step.

In this case, when the user information is input through the keyboard, the user information is preferably input after the test of the keyboard and the graphics card is completed. In order to perform user recognition by other devices such as fingerprint recognition and iris recognition, recognition is performed. After the test of the device is finished, it is preferable that fingerprint recognition or iris recognition is performed and user information is input accordingly.

When the user information is input through the keyboard, the user information includes a user account and a password. The user information may be distinguished only by the user account. When the user information is not input, it is preferable to set the peripheral device by the default setting value.

The PC receiving the user information extracts the peripheral device setting value corresponding to the received user information by referring to the user PC and peripheral device setting values stored in the DMI area 150 of the BIOS ROM 145, and the setting value of the PC. Is loaded into CMOS RAM.

In doing so, the PC sets the devices according to the settings of the peripheral devices stored in the CMOS RAM.

Here, the peripheral device includes a monitor, a keyboard, a touch pad, a sound card, a network card, and the like, and the peripheral device setting items include screen brightness, a shortcut key, whether the touch pad is used, a volume, whether the wired / wireless network is used, and power management. .

For reference, the CMOS RAM is a small battery connected RAM to maintain the stored contents even when the PC is powered off. The CMOS RAM includes a drive, a keyboard, a central processing unit (CPU), a cache, a set value of a chipset, and a RAM type. It also stores the system date and time and other system related information.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for setting a working environment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The working environment setting apparatus includes an input unit 210, a storage unit 220, a user information receiving unit 230, an extracting unit 240, and a data loading unit 250.

The working environment setting device may be included in the BIOS 145, and some components of the hardware of the PC may configure the working environment setting device.

The input unit 210 serves to receive setting values of the PC and the peripheral device. The setting values of the PC and the peripheral device are preferably input when the PC and the peripheral device are reset by the user, and the setting values may be input by the configuration application program on the operating system.

For example, in a laptop, when the user resets the brightness of the screen, power management method, or volume of the sound card, the settings are stored in the CMOS RAM, allowing the input to receive the settings or the operating system. Run the configuration application on the PC, and receive settings from PCs and peripherals for specific users.

The user information received by the input unit 210 and setting values of the PC and the peripheral device are stored in the storage unit 220 for each user. The storage unit 220 is preferably a BIOS ROM 145 which is an inactive memory such as a flash ROM and an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). One DMI region 150 is preferred.

Peripheral device setting items stored in the storage unit 220 may include screen brightness, a shortcut key, whether a touch pad is used, a volume, whether a wired / wireless network is used, and power management.

As described above, the setting values of the PC and the peripheral device stored in the storage unit 220 may be stored by an environment setting application program operating on an operating system.

When the user runs the configuration application on the operating system and resets the peripheral device through the device driver, the configuration application is placed in the DMI area 150 of the BIOS ROM 145 that can easily access and modify a specific address. Stores the setting values of each PC and peripheral device.

At this time, the configuration application program may modify the settings of the PC and peripheral devices stored in the CMOS RAM.

The user information receiver 230 serves to receive user information input by the user.

The user information receiver 230 may include a keyboard, a fingerprint recognition device, and an iris recognition device. When the keyboard is used, the user information includes a user account and a password, and a biometric device such as a fingerprint recognition device or an iris recognition device may be used. When used, the user information includes biometric information input by the recognition device.

In addition, the user information by the keyboard can distinguish the user only by the user account or the password, and when the user information is not input, it is preferable to set the peripheral device by the default setting value.

The extractor 240 extracts the setting values of the PC and the peripheral devices stored in the storage 220 according to the user information received by the user information receiver 230.

The storage unit 220 stores user information and setting values of the PC and peripheral devices for each user. The extractor 240 is stored in the user information and the storage unit 220 received through the user information receiver 230. Comparing the user information, if there is a match, and extracts the settings of the PC and peripheral devices corresponding to it.

The setting values of the PC and the peripheral device extracted by the extraction unit 240 are loaded into the CMOS RAM by the data loading unit 250, whereby each PC and the peripheral device are set according to the values loaded into the CMOS RAM.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a work environment setting on an operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The PC may refer to a specific DMI area 150 of the BIOS ROM 145 to extract settings of the PC and peripheral devices and load the extracted settings into the CMOS RAM to provide a user-friendly working environment. In addition, the configuration setting application 310 may be modified on the operating system 300 to modify setting values of the PC and the peripheral device.

The configuration application 310 on the operating system 300 accesses the virtual memory 330 through the device driver 320 of the corresponding peripheral device, and the virtual memory 330 includes peripheral device setting values of the BIOS 145. This stored DMI region 150 is mapped.

Therefore, the environment setting application 310 may modify the peripheral device setting values stored in the DMI area 150 through the virtual memory 330. The modified setting values are immediately transmitted to the peripheral device depending on the implementation. It can be applied, or it can be applied through the POST process on subsequent boot.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a work environment based on user information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When power is supplied to the PC (S405), the central processing unit 105 operates the BIOS stored in the BIOS 145. The operating BIOS starts the POST first (S410), and then the POST proceeds in the following order: system bus test, graphics card test, memory test, keyboard test, disk test, plug and play function operation, CMOS contents check and DMI function operation. Preferably, the order may be changed according to the environment of the main board, the BIOS, and the peripheral device.

Here, it is preferable to receive the user information before the CMOS contents checking step. The user information may be performed not only by the keyboard method but also by a biometric device such as a fingerprint reader and an iris reader (S415). .

The user information by the keyboard is preferably composed of a user account and a password, and the user may be distinguished only by the user account or the password.

The user information by the biometric device may distinguish the user by data configured by the biometric device.

When the PC does not input the user information, the POST process is completed (S455), and the operating system may be operated. For this, a confirmation step (S420) for the non-user information input is required.

When the user information is not input, it is preferable that the basic environment setting value is extracted (S425). The basic environment setting value may be set in advance by the user, and may be set to limit the use of some peripheral devices.

The input user information is compared with the user information stored in the DMI area 150 of the BIOS 145 (S430). Thus, if there is a matched user information, the peripheral device setting value for the user is extracted (S450), but if there is no matched user information, an input information error is displayed on the screen (S435), and the user is requested to shut down the system (S435). S440) If the user commands to shut down the system (S445), otherwise receives the user information again (S415).

When the user information received by the user information receiver 230 and the user information stored in the DMI area 150 of the BIOS ROM 145 match, the extracted PC and peripheral device setting values are loaded into the CMOS RAM, and the contents of the CMOS When the remaining steps of the POST, such as the verification step, are completed (S455), the PC sets peripheral devices of the PC as set in the CMOS RAM (S460).

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

According to the system and method for supporting a work environment according to the user information of the present invention as described above has one or more of the following effects.

First, by extracting and setting the setting values of the PC and its peripheral devices stored for each user in advance by using the user information input at the time of booting, there is an advantage of booting the PC into a preferred working environment for each user.

Second, there is an advantage that allows the user to modify or apply the working environment of himself or another user on the operating system.

Claims (5)

A storage unit which matches each of at least one setting value for the PC and the peripheral device with different first user information and stores the same; A user information receiver configured to receive second user information; An extracting unit extracting a stored setting value matched with first user information that matches the second user information among the setting values; And And a data loading unit configured to load the extracted setting value into a CMOS RAM to set the PC and the peripheral device according to the extracted setting value. The method of claim 1, The storage unit A system supporting a work environment according to user information, characterized in that the DMI area of the BIOS is easy to access and modify. The method of claim 1, The user information is And at least one of a user account, a password, fingerprint identification data, and iris identification data. Matching each of the at least one setting value for the PC and the peripheral device with different first user information and storing the same; Receiving second user information; Extracting stored setting values matched with first user information corresponding to the second user information among the setting values; And And loading the extracted setting value into a CMOS RAM to set the PC and the peripheral device according to the extracted setting value. The method of claim 4, wherein Extracting the setting value A method for supporting a work environment according to user information, which is performed by an application of a ROM BIOS or an operating system.

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