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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Nishina, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Konno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tamate, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is made possible for a user to set whether to download data used by a program without waiting for the acceptance of a download permission or download the data in response to the acceptance of the download permission via a screen that allows for making the setting for a plurality of programs. An input/output control section () accepts, from the user, a setting as to whether to select an automatic download state or a manual download state via a screen that allows for doing so for a plurality of programs. If the setting of selecting the automatic download state is accepted, an item management section () downloads the data from a server without waiting for the acceptance of the download permission from the user when a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the setting of selecting the manual download state is accepted, the item management section () downloads the data from the server in response to the acceptance of the download permission from the user when the predetermined condition is satisfied.