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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Motoki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Miwa, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Miwa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus displays, on a screen of a display device, a program-related image which relates to an application program in a state in which the application program is not executed, starts execution of the application program in a case where an operation of giving an instruction to execute the application program is received from a user in a state in which the program-related image is displayed on the screen, and applies update data to the application program to update the application program in a case where an operation of giving an instruction to apply the update data is received from the user in the state in which the program-related image is displayed on the screen.