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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2013
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tsutomo Kaneshige, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Shibata, Kyoto, JP;
Takeshi Shimada, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An example computer apparatus includes a processor coupled to a memory storing a program. The processor executes the program to perform operations including displaying an application menu screen displaying at least a selectable first menu item for an uninstalled first application and a selectable second menu item for an installed second application; periodically determining availability/unavailability of the first application for download from another computer apparatus; in response to selection of the first menu item if the most recent periodic determining has determined that the first application is unavailable for download from the server, providing announcement information about the first application; and in response to selection of the first menu item if the most recent periodic determining has determined that the first application is available for download from the server, initiating a process for downloading and installing the first application.