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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Hidekazu Nakai, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidekazu Nakai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G11B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a storage medium and a downloading method by which data can be downloaded comparatively simply and efficiently. Program information describing a downloading procedure is stored in a storage medium, and the storage medium is provided in this form to a user. When the user utilizes the storage medium, a procedure that can be executed to perform necessary processing without depending upon an operation of the user can be included in the process from accessing to a server to final downloading of desired content data. Consequently, the necessary number of operations by the user can be reduced as much.