Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Eiji Tokunaga

Teruhiko Goda

Kazuhiro Wabe

Shumpei Yasuda

Yu Horii

Masatoshi Yamazaki

Masaaki Sugino

Takahiro Yamazaki

Masayoshi Kobayashi

Tsutomu Araki

Eugene Borisov

David Tran

Hitoshi Sakai

Tsuyoshi Kurita

Nobutaka Torigoe

Shinobu Suzuki

Megumi Kurata

Koichi Nakao

Yuma Iwai

Seiji Shibaguchi

Craig MacDonald

Yoichi Ohshima

Naoki Takeda

Kouichi Kawamoto

Ryutaro Takahashi

Hiroaki Adachi

Takashi Kubota

Masayoshi Matsuoka

Yusuke Inoue

Minoru Hatamoto

Kuniharu Fujikawa

Taisuke Kawahara

Masaki Shikata

Shinya Ogura

Masatoshi Yamazki

A non-limiting example information processing system includes a plurality of user terminals, and a download task list for each user terminal is managed by a list server. Existence/non-existence of renewal of the download task list is managed by a revision server, and the user terminal inquires of the revision server the existence/non-existence of the renewal. If the download task list is renewed, the user terminal acquires the download task list from the list server, and acquires a content from a content server according to an acquired download task list.

Information processing system, information processing method, user terminal and storage medium

A non-limiting example information processing system includes a plurality of user terminals, and a download task list for each user terminal is managed by a list server. The download task list includes a list for each user terminal and a list for each of groups into which a plurality of user terminals are classified. If the download task list is renewed, the user terminal acquires the download task list from the list server, and acquires a content from a content server according to an acquired download task list.

Information processing system and information processing apparatus

An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal which can be connected to an external network and a second information processing terminal which receives data from the external network through the first information processing terminal. The first information processing terminal stands by in a sleep mode, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it cancels the sleep mode and transmits data from the external network to the second information processing terminal.

Information processing system, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable information processing program, information processing method, and information processing terminal

An exemplary embodiment provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable information processing program stored thereon. The executable information processing program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus having a storage that stores a plurality of contents to perform designating an amount of data, selecting at least one content from among the plurality of contents based on the designated amount of data, and erasing the selected content from the storage in response to an operation by a user.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with executable information processing program stored thereon, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An example information processing apparatus includes a display and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to control the information processing apparatus to perform operations including automatically connecting to a server; automatically receiving, from the server, one or more programs, without user selection of the one or more programs, the received programs including at least one new program, other than an update program, not already installed on the information processing apparatus; and automatically, and without user request, installing the received programs on the information processing apparatus.

Information processing terminal, information processing system, computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon information processing program, and information processing method

When it is detected that a home button is pressed while an application is being executed, execution of the application is suspended and a home button menu is displayed on a display device. Then, when execution of shop software is started, the shop software obtains application identification information of the active application via system software, accesses a shop server based on the application identification information, and displays a page related to the active application on the display device.

Information processing system, information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium having stored therein computer program

In an exemplary information processing apparatus communicable with a server via network, update information is obtained from the server at a first timing and the obtained update information is saved. The update information is information for determining presence of an update of each application. At a second timing independent of the first timing, the information processing apparatus determines whether there is an update to each of at least one of applications stored in a storage unit accessed by the information processing apparatus based on the saved update information. The information processing apparatus obtains, from the server, update data used for updating the application with respect to which it has been determined that the update is present.

Information processing apparatus, terminal system, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and method of obtaining update data for efficiently updating data for an application

An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program

An information processing apparatus includes connection means, reception means, and installation means. The connection means automatically connects to a server. The reception means automatically performs processes of receiving one or more programs from the server. The installation means automatically performs processes of installing the programs on the information processing apparatus.

An exemplary information-processing device includes: a switching unit configured to switch an operating mode of the information-processing device to an active mode or a sleep mode; a receiving unit configured to receive, when the information-processing device is in the active mode, an instruction to download data specified by a user; and a downloading unit configured to start download of the data when the operating mode of the information-processing device is switched from the active mode to the sleep mode.

Information-processing device, information-processing system, information-processing method, and computer-readable storage medium, for downloading data

Prior to performing download play, it is checked whether or not it is necessary to update firmware of a slave apparatus. When it is necessary to update the firmware of the slave apparatus, a firmware update program is transmitted from a master apparatus to the slave apparatus, and the firmware of the slave apparatus is updated in accordance with the firmware update program. Thus, it is possible to update basic software by a novel method.

Communication system, information processing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and communication method

Prior to performing download play, it is determined whether or not a slave apparatus program has been already stored in an internal memory of a slave apparatus. When not stored yet, the slave apparatus program is transmitted from a master apparatus to the slave apparatus, and stored in the internal memory of the slave apparatus. When already stored, the slave apparatus program is not transmitted from the master apparatus to the slave apparatus. Then, multiplay is performed by performing mutual communication between the master apparatus operating in accordance with a master apparatus game program and the slave apparatus operating in accordance with a slave apparatus game program. Thus, time and effort for receiving the same application program more than once are omitted, and it is possible to efficiently start a communication process.

First, one or more tasks each representing process contents of transmission or reception of data are set. Next, an access point is searched for, and a connection to the access point is performed if the access point is found. Then, before the one or more tasks are executed via the access point, an execution control parameter, for at least one of the one or more tasks, which indicates at least one of an execution instruction, whether or not to execute the task, and an execution priority, is obtained in accordance with an access point identifier. Then, transmission or reception of data is performed via the access point by executing at least one of the one or more tasks on the basis of the execution control parameter.

Portable information terminal having control for executing a task via dedicated access points, and method for controlling execution of a task in a portable information terminal via dedicated access points

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