Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Corporation

Syunsuke Bamba

Akitsugu Tsuchiya

Yoshihiko Suwa

Makoto Sunayama

Masaki Takahashi

Shigeru Enomoto

Masanori Nomura

Keiichi Aoki

Kenjiro Komaki

Fumikazu Hatanaka

Kei Sato

Makoto Oshita

Itsuki Asanuma

Seiichi Adachi

Marc Horne

Hidekazu Ii

A reading-out sectionis capable of reading out files recorded in a first auxiliary storage deviceand a second auxiliary storage device. A recording management sectionmoves a file of an application recorded in the second auxiliary storage deviceto the first auxiliary storage device. An application execution sectionexecutes the application by using the file moved to the first auxiliary storage device

Information processing device and application execution method for managing an application execution environment

A play mode selection screen image displaying sectiondisplays a screen image for selecting a play mode relating to installation of game software. An installation execution sectioninstalls game software into a storage device. When the game software is to be installed for the first time, the play mode selection screen image displaying sectiondisplays a first selection screen image for selecting a play mode to install first from a plurality of play modes. Thereafter, the play mode selection screen image displaying sectiondisplays a second selection screen image for selecting a play mode not to install or a play mode to install.

Information processing device and installation method

An entertainment apparatus, a display controlling method and a display controlling program are provided which are capable of presenting a compatibility situation of a program or content with VR display to a user without relying upon representation by a selection target itself from which the program or the content can be identified. A compatibility situation data acquisition unit acquires compatibility situation data indicative of a compatibility situation with virtual reality display of the programs or the content upon selection by the user, the compatibility situation data being different from the selection targets. A screen image generation unit generates, on the basis of the compatibility situation data, the screen image including information indicative of a compatibility situation with virtual reality display of the program to be executed or the content to be reproduced in response to selection from the selection targets. A display controlling unit causes the screen image to be displayed.

Entertainment apparatus, display controlling method, and display controlling program

A read-only-memory (ROM) medium in which a file constituting application software and an additional content file are recorded is mounted to a media drive. A recording processing section copies the file recorded in the ROM medium to an auxiliary storage device. After copying the additional content file to the auxiliary storage device, the recording processing section copies the file constituting the application software to the auxiliary storage device. In the case where the additional content file downloaded from a content server is stored in the auxiliary storage device, the application software can utilize both the additional content file copied from the ROM medium to the auxiliary storage device and the additional content file downloaded from the content server into the auxiliary storage device.

Information processing apparatus and file copying method

A language information retention section retains working language information for specifying a user-selected working language in an information processing apparatus. A download processing section downloads application software into an auxiliary storage apparatus. The download processing section acquires a data region in the auxiliary storage apparatus as needed for an application body and language-dependent files for a working language before the start of an application software download, and then executes the application software download. In a case where the working language used by an application is changed, the download processing section confirms whether or not a data region for language-dependent files for the changed working language can be acquired in the auxiliary storage apparatus

Information processing apparatus and download processing method

There is provided an information processing device including a holding unit configured to hold setting information regarding parental control for each user in association with user identification information, and a limit processing unit configured to limit usage of a predetermined function or device by the user on a basis of the setting information held by the holding unit.

Information processing device, server device, parental control method, profile information management method

In a video image generation device connected to a peripheral device via a video image relay device, a version acquisition unit acquires from the video image relay device information related to version of firmware installed in the video image relay device. If the version of the firmware installed in the video image relay device is older than version of firmware requested by basic software installed in the video image generation device, an update request unit supplies the video image relay device with firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the video image relay device.

Information processing device, relay device, information processing system, and software update method

An information processing apparatus includes an execution section that executes a game program in response to operation information of a first user, an acceptance section that accepts a viewing request from other user, and a delivery processing section that sends game image data. An information processing apparatus includes a display processing section for displaying information about a game being played by the first user and a request transmission section for sending a viewing request to the information processing apparatus. The display processing section displays an operation area for sending a viewing request to the information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is not sending game image data.

Information processing apparatus and viewing request transmission method

A game apparatus is provided which promotes use of a function suitable for a user in response to a usage situation of a function provided in the game apparatus. The game apparatus includes a function usage situation management table for managing a usage situation of a function provided in the game apparatus by a user, a condition decision unit for deciding, in response to the usage situation of the function by the user, whether or not each of a plurality of messages regarding the function stored in an associated relationship with given instructions by the user is to be displayed in response to the corresponding given instruction, and a message display controlling unit for displaying one of the plurality of messages which is decided so as to be displayed in response to the given instruction by the user.

Game apparatus, controlling method for game apparatus, and program

A positional change calculation processing unit and a positioning signal processing unit obtain the current position. Network information indicating information about a route at the time of moving from one point to another point is stored in a storage unit. A navigation processing unit searches for the route to a destination point by using the network information. When the moving route based on the position obtained by the positional change calculation processing unit and the positioning signal processing unit is different from the searched route then the route is re-searched in the search condition according to the moving route. When the user intends to move on a route different from the searched route, the search condition is changed according to the moving route and the route is researched according to the intention of the user and the user is automatically guided.

Information processor, and information processing method for guiding a route

A game system includes a game device used by first and second users and a controller. The game device includes: an association section associating the controller with the first user using the controller; a first process executing section executing a process of a general-purpose function in accordance with first operating information acquired from the controller when the general-purpose function, not associated with the users, executes; and a second process executing section executing a process of a first user function in accordance with second operating information acquired from the controller when the first user function, associated with the first user, executes. The controller includes: first and second operating members associated with the first and second operating information, respectively; an operation receiving section receiving an operation on the operating member; and an operating information outputting section outputting the operating information associated with the operation on operating member to the game device.

Game system, controller, game device, control method for game device, and program

A tour route generating apparatus includes a distance obtaining unit which obtains a target route distance of a tour route to be generated; a reference point obtaining unit which obtains a reference point as a start point of the tour route; a waypoint determination unit which determines a waypoint of the tour route; and a tour route generating unit which generates the tour route such that a route distance from the reference point to the reference point via the waypoint becomes the target route distance.

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Tokyo, Japan

Syunsuke Bamba