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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Eiji Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of starting up an information processing apparatus which is capable of introducing a variety of elements into an image that is displayed when the information processing apparatus is started up according to a boot sequence. A memory card comprises a flash memory for storing boot data to be executed according to a boot sequence of the information processing apparatus, and a CPU having a transmitting function to transmit the boot data from the flash memory to the information processing apparatus and a control function to manage data. The boot data comprises a startup image display program for displaying a startup image when the information processing apparatus is started up, or its startup image data.