Entertainment device, menu display method, and information recording medium
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1. An entertainment device comprising an operation controller that references application modules that hold application programs for each application and extracting applications said operation controller decides to be executable;
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Abstract
An entertainment device and a method of operating the device in which menu display is automatically modified in accordance with actually realizable functions. The entertainment device includes an operation controller that references application modules that hold application programs provided for each application, and a menu creation unit that creates and displays a menu of extracted applications and receives selection of the application to be started.
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16 Claims
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1. An entertainment device comprising
an operation controller that references application modules that hold application programs for each application and extracting applications said operation controller decides to be executable; - and
a menu creation unit that creates and displays a menu of said extracted applications and accepts a selection of the application to be started. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An entertainment device comprising
an operation controller that references application modules provided for each application that hold programs for each application and menu information for menu display and prepares a menu information table in which menu information for each application is registered; - and
a menu creation unit that references said menu information table, creates and displays a menu of applications based on the menu information registered in said menu information table, and accepts a selection of the application to be started. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An entertainment device comprising
an operation controller that references application modules provided for each application that hold programs for each application and detects applications; - and
a menu creation unit that creates and displays at least some of said detected applications and accepts a selection of the application to be started, wherein said application modules are held in at least one of an external storage medium connected to the entertainment device, a storage medium mounted on the entertainment device, and a storage medium built into the entertainment device, and said operation controller includes a means that searches at least one of said external storage medium, said mounted storage medium, and said built-in storage medium and detects said application modules.
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11. A menu display method comprising the steps of
referencing application modules that hold application programs for each application are referenced and applications extracting there from; - and
creating and displaying a menu of said extracted applications.
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12. A menu display method comprising the steps of
referencing application modules that hold application programs for each application and menu information for menu display are referenced, and a menu information table is created in which menu information for each application is registered, and a step in which said menu information table is referenced, and based on the menu information registered in said menu information table a menu of applications is created and displayed.
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13. A menu display method in an entertainment device, comprising the steps of detecting application modules that hold application programs for each application by searching at least one of an external storage medium connected to the entertainment device, a storage medium mounted on the entertainment device, and a storage medium of a memory device built into the entertainment device;
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creating and displaying a menu of at least some of the applications corresponding to said detected application modules.
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14. Information recording medium on which is recorded a computer-readable and executable software program for realizing a menu display method, said program comprising the steps of
referencing application modules that hold application programs for each application and extracting applications therefrom, and creating and displaying a menu of said extracted applications.
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15. Information recording medium on which is recorded a computer-readable and executable software program for realizing a menu display method, said program comprising the steps of:
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referencing application modules that hold application programs for each application and menu information for menu display, to create a menu information table in which menu information for each application is registered; and
creating and displaying, based on the menu information registered in said menu information table, a menu of applications.
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16. Information recording medium on which is recorded a computer-readable and executable software program for realizing a menu display method in an entertainment device, said program comprising the steps of:
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detecting application modules that hold application programs for each application by searching at least one of an external storage medium connected to the entertainment device, a storage medium mounted on the entertainment device, and a storage medium of a memory device built into the entertainment device; and
creating and displaying a menu of at least some of the applications corresponding to said detected application modules.
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