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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Ryuji Umezu, Kyoto, JP;
Ryuji Umezu, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A storage medium includes an ID registration area for storing therein a main body ID which is an ID unique to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus has the main body ID stored therein. The information processing apparatus includes copying means for, when the storage medium is attached thereto, copying a program stored in the storage medium thereinto in the case where the main body ID has not yet been registered. When the copy is made, the main body ID is stored into the ID registration area of the storage medium. The information processing apparatus also includes execution program selecting means for selecting, from the copied program and from the program stored in the storage medium, a program to be executed.