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Patent No.:

US 10782957 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2016

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

Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Syunsuke Bamba, Tokyo, JP;

Akitsugu Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

S Sough

Assistant Examiner:

Zheng Wei

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 13/00 (2013.01); G06F 13/102 (2013.01);

Abstract

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.

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