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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Masaharu Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Iino, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); A63F 13/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); A63F 13/10 (2013.01); A63F 2300/209 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual capacity acquisition unit acquires a size of virtual capacity of a save data area from an application. A storage capacity acquisition unit acquires a size of save data of the application. A writing control unit prohibits the application from writing the save data exceeding the virtual capacity in a recording device. A free space acquisition unit acquires a size of free space of the recoding device, and the writing control unit prohibits the writing of save data whose size is larger than that of the free space.