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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Eiji Tokunaga, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Ohshima, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kurita, Kyoto, JP;
Shinobu Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Yu Horii, Kyoto, JP;
Shumpei Yasuda, Kyoto, JP;
David Tran, Redmond, WA (US);
Eugene Borisov, Redmond, WA (US);
Craig MacDonald, Redmond, WA (US);
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.