INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20090049058A1
• Filed: 07/15/2008
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: HIGUCHI, Yoshinari, MIKAMO, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,078,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

The present invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a communication connection section that is communicably connected to an external apparatus; a first storage section that stores a predetermined program to be executed by the external apparatus, and for which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited; a second storage section to which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited; and a write section that reads out the predetermined program stored in the first storage section when the information processing apparatus is communicably connected to the external apparatus by the communication connection section and writes the read out program in the second storage section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a communication connection section that is communicably connected to an external apparatus;

a first storage section that stores a predetermined program to be executed by the external apparatus, and for which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited;

a second storage section to which read/write operation from the external apparatus is permitted; and

a write section that reads out the predetermined program stored in the first storage section when the information processing apparatus is communicably connected to the external apparatus by the communication connection section and writes the read out program in the second storage section.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

in the case where the predetermined program is stored in the second storage section, the write section reads out the predetermined program stored in the first storage section and overwrites the predetermined program stored in the second storage section with the read out program.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

even when an overwrite inhibition attribute that inhibits the predetermined program from being overwritten is set for the predetermined program stored in the second storage section, the write section overwrites the predetermined program with the program stored in the first storage section.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, comprising:

a comparison section that compares, before the predetermined program stored in the second storage section is overwritten, the predetermined program stored in the first storage section and predetermined program stored in the second storage section; and

an information generation section that generates comparison result information indicating a result of the comparison performed by the comparison section, wherein

the write section writes the comparison result information generated by the information generation section in the second storage section.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first storage section stores program recognition information for allowing the external computer to recognize the predetermined program, and

the write section reads out the predetermined program and program recognition information stored in the first storage section when the information processing apparatus is communicably connected to the external apparatus by the communication connection section and writes the read out program and information in the second storage section.

6. An information processing method comprising:

a communication connection step of being communicably connected to an external apparatus; and

a write step of, when the communication connection to the external apparatus is established, reading out a predetermined program stored in a first storage section for which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited and writing the read out program in a second storage section to which read/write operation from the external apparatus is permitted.

7. An information processing program allowing a computer to execute:

a communication connection step of being communicably connected to an external apparatus; and

a write step of, when the communication connection to the external apparatus is established, reading out a predetermined program stored in a first storage section for which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited and writing the read out program in a second storage section to which read/write operation from the external apparatus is permitted.