Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Corporation

Woven by Toyota, Inc.

Naoto Okino

Masaki Takahashi

Takeshi Hashimoto

Hideya Muraoka

Andrew R Thaler

Seiji Murata

Atsushi Togawa

Minjie Zhu

Masaki Osawa

Tomoyuki Suzuka

Peter Marshall

Kenichi Matsuura

Matthew Bush

Matt Bush

Provided are method, system, and device for managing installation order of vehicle applications. According to embodiments, a method for specifying an installation order for application packages in a vehicle is provided, the method including: downloading, by at least one processor of the vehicle, a plurality of application packages; obtaining, by the at least one processor, a user-designated installation order for the plurality of application packages; and installing the plurality of application packages in accordance with the obtained user-designated installation order.

System and method for selection of vehicle application installation order

An output processing unitgenerates image data of a game being played by a user. A ring bufferrecords the image data generated by the output processing unit. A file generation unitgenerates a map file which is used to reproduce the image data recorded on the ring bufferin the order in which the image data has been recorded on the ring buffer, and then records the map file on a file recording unit

Information processing apparatus and file generation method

A method and system for scheduling data transfer requests for a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) connected to a network in a vehicle. The system includes: at least one memory storing first instructions and second instructions; a first ECU; and a plurality of second ECUs, wherein the first ECU is configured to execute the first instructions to configure a plurality of phases that are time slices for transferring data over the network, and wherein each of the plurality of second ECUs is configured to execute the second instructions to: maintain a data transfer request queue divided into a plurality of priority levels respectively corresponding to the plurality of phases; and transfer a data transfer request in the queue during a phase corresponding to a priority level for the data transfer request.

System and method for network bandwidth management in vehicle

A block processing section divides a file generated by an application into a plurality of data blocks and stored the data blocks in an auxiliary storage device. A metadata processing section stores, in the auxiliary storage device, first metadata including a hash value and information for identifying a storage location of each of the plurality of data blocks. When the file is updated, the block processing section stores an updated data block in another storage location. The metadata processing section stores, in the auxiliary storage device, second metadata including a hash value and information for identifying a storage location of each of a plurality of data blocks including the updated data block. A metadata switching section sets the second metadata to be used for file access.

Information processing device

Before a file logically divided into a plurality of groups is downloaded, an acquisition section acquires meta information set for the groups. An area management section reserves recording areas in a first storage and a second storage according to the meta information of the groups. A recording processing section records the groups into the first storage or the second storage according to the meta information of the groups.

Information processing apparatus and file recording method

An attribute information setting section loads information indicating whether or not access to each of a plurality of files is allowed, into a memory. A readout request receiving section receives a readout request including a file path from a program. A hash value deriving section derives a hash value of a file path included in the readout request. A file confirming section confirms whether or not the derived hash value matches with one of hash values of the files included in software. A determining section refers to the information loaded into the memory by the attribute information setting section in a case in which matching of the hash values is confirmed, to thereby determine whether or not a process on the file which has been subjected to the readout request is executable.

Information processing device and file access method

A file systemhas a function of integrally managing a first recording regionin a first auxiliary storage device and a second recording regionin a second auxiliary storage device. A reception sectionreceives information indicating the type of the file to be recorded. A place information acquisition sectionacquires information regarding a recording place corresponding to the received information indicating the type of the file. A metadata processing sectiondefines metadata regarding a recording place of the file in reference to the acquired information regarding the recording place. A recording processing sectionrecords the file into the first recording regionand/or the second recording regionaccording to the defined metadata.

Information processing device and file recording method

A first correspondence table indicates a correspondence relation between logical blocks of a first file and physical blocks of a physical storage. A second correspondence table indicates a correspondence relation between logical blocks of a second file and the logical blocks of the first file. An access request receiving section receives an access request for the second file. A block conversion section refers to the second correspondence table, identifies a logical block of the first file associated with the logical block of the second file that is subject to the access request, and then refers to the first correspondence table to identify a physical block of the physical storage associated with the identified logical block of the first file. An accessing section accesses the identified physical block.

A game machine for development is connected to a host computer, reads out a file requested by a game program under development from a storage device, and executes the game program. In the game machine for development, a file confirmation section confirms whether or not the file requested by the game program is stored in the storage device, a file request section requests the host computer to transmit the file in a case where the file is not stored, and a storage processor acquires the file from the host computer and stores the file in the storage device.

Game machine for development, and program execution method

A media drive is loaded with a ROM medium on which a plurality of files constituting an application are recorded. A readout block reads out data from the media drive. A memory temporarily stores the read-out data. A providing block provides the data stored in the memory to game software. A recording processing block records the data stored in the memory in an auxiliary storage device.

Information processing device and method for managing file

An information processing device processes game data including a startup file and a program file, the game data being formed by adding, to an image file of game data including a plurality of files that are each assigned one or a plurality of blocks and including metadata of each file, metadata including a signature attached to each of the plurality of blocks constituting the image file. The information processing device includes: a first mount processing section mounting the image file to which the metadata including the signature is added at a first mount point, and recognizing the image file; and a second mount processing section mounting the recognized image file at a second mount point, and recognizing the plurality of files included in the image file.

Information processing device, data structure of game data, and recording medium

Disclosed herein is an information processing device for accessing a file included in game data, the game data having a correspondence file associating a hash value of full path information of the file with information for identifying a recording location of the file. The information processing device includes: a receiving section receiving a readout request including the full path information of the file from a game; a deriving section deriving the hash value of the full path information; an obtaining section referring to the correspondence file, and obtaining the information for identifying the recording location of the file using the hash value; and a file access section accessing the file on a basis of the obtained information.

An information processing device includes: a metadata retaining section retaining metadata of a file formed by a plurality of data blocks; a correspondence file retaining section retaining a correspondence file associating information identifying a recording location of a data block with information identifying the metadata retaining section retaining the metadata of the data block; a change processing section changing the recording location of the data block; and an update processing section updating the metadata retained by the metadata retaining section. The update processing section refers to the correspondence file, identifies the metadata retaining section retaining the metadata of the data block whose recording location is changed by the change processing section, and updates the metadata.

Information processing device, program, and recording medium

[Object] To provide a technology for realizing an environment in which a user can play a game comfortably. [Solving Means] A download executing blockobtains a digital content from a server connected to a network. A recording processing blockrecords the digital content in an auxiliary storage device. The digital content is constituted of a plurality of files. Each file belongs to at least one of a plurality of groups, and at least one file belongs to each group. A determining blockdetermines where a file is recorded in the auxiliary storage devicein group units.

An improved interrupt control mechanism is provided in a system in which a plurality of OS's (OS's) are concurrently operating. In the system, a main OS executing an interrupt control process is set up, sub OS's other than the main OS are not provided with a right to determine an interrupt mask, the sub OS notifies the main OS whether the sub OS is in an interrupt enabled state or an interrupt disabled state, and the main OS performs an interrupt mask control process based on the notified information. In this arrangement, an inconvenience that an interrupt process is reserved due to a mask control performed by the sub OS itself is corrected, the main OS can perform the interrupt control as the main OS intends, and a required interrupt process can be performed with priority. Memory area is saved because a vector area of the sub OS is managed by the main OS.

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Naoto Okino