Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Megumi Kurata

Tsutomu Araki

Ryutaro Takahashi

Eiji Tokunaga

Masayoshi Kobayashi

Teruhiko Goda

Seiji Shibaguchi

Tsubasa Sakaguchi

Kanako Tsugihashi

Masayoshi Matsuoka

Minoru Hatamoto

Shohei Mizutani

Kuniharu Fujikawa

Kyohei Nakano

Kalinda Raina

Kentaro Mita

Keishi Ohno

Hironari Makiuchi

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

An example system causes a computer of an information processing device including a restriction unit for restricting use of functions and a handwritten input receiving unit to carry out functions of requesting an input of a handwritten signature, sending, to a server, a result of a handwritten input which has been input in response to the request of the signature input, and receiving the input of authorization information which has been issued by the server that has received the handwritten input result and which shows that the use of the functions is authorized, and moreover cancelling the restriction by the restriction unit when the input of the authorization information is received.

Computer-readable medium, information processing device, information processing method and information processing system

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.

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Kyoto, Japan

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