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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2009
Hiroaki Dei, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Dei, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus receives index information about an expansion function realized by being linked to a predetermined service provided by an external apparatus from a server apparatus connected via a network, displays a menu of information representing the expansion functions on a display screen, based on the index information, downloads software for executing the expansion function based on location information of the software when the expansion function being executed in accordance with a user selection on the menu on the display screen; the location information contained in the index information, and uses the downloaded software to executes the expansion function selected by an user.