INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20090150889A1
• Filed: 05/11/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Communication Systems Limited (NEC Corporation), NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Noda, Mie, Yamaguchi, Tomoharu, Nino, Yuichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,075,676 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

An information processing terminal is provided with a data acquiring means for reading data from an external recording medium; a program storing means for storing a plurality of application programs; a program executing means for executing the stored application programs; and a program selecting means for selecting the application program to be executed by the program executing means. The program selecting means selects the application program to be executed from the programs stored in the program storing means, corresponding to the data acquired through the data acquiring means, and processes the data acquired through the data acquiring means by the application program selected by the program selecting means.

Claims

1. An information processing system characterized in that the system comprises:

a recording medium having an execution-condition recording region for recording execution-conditions for an application program; and

an information processing terminal including acquiring means for acquiring the execution-conditions for said application program from said recording medium, application program selecting means for selecting an application program suited to the execution-conditions for the application program acquired by said acquiring means, and application program executing means for executing the application program selected by said application program selecting means.

2. An information processing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the system is configured so that:

said recording medium includes a data recording region in which data to be processed by an application program is recorded;

said acquiring means acquires the execution-conditions for said application program and the data from said recording medium; and

said application program executing means processes the data acquired by said acquiring means by means of the application program selected by said application program selecting means.

3. An information processing system according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program have application program identification information for identifying an application program to be executed by said application program executing means; and

said application program selecting means selects an application program corresponding to the application program identification information acquired by said acquiring means.

4. An information processing system according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program have application program property information for specifying a property of the application program to be executed by said application program executing means; and

said application program selecting means stores therein property information for at least one application program, and selects an application program corresponding to the application program property information acquired by said acquiring means based on said stored property information for the application program.

5. An information processing system according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program have service quality information for specifying quality of a service provided by the application program to be executed by said application program executing means; and

said application program selecting means stores therein service quality information provided by at least one application program, and selects an application program corresponding to the service quality information acquired by said acquiring means based on said stored service quality information.

6. An information processing system according to any of claim 1 to claim 2, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program have application program activation condition information for specifying an activation condition for an application program to be executed by said application program executing means; and

said application program executing means executes the application program when said activation condition acquired by said acquiring means is satisfied.

7. An information processing system according to any of claim 1 to claim 2, characterized in that:

the system comprises program storage means for storing therein at least one application program; and

said application program selecting means selects an application program suited to the execution-conditions for the application program acquired by said acquiring means from application programs stored in said storage means.

8. An information processing system according to any of claim 1 to claim 2, characterized in that:

the system comprises program communication means for acquiring an application program from an outside; and

said application program selecting means acquires an application program suited to the execution-conditions for an application program acquired by said acquiring means via said program communication means.

9. An information processing system according to any of claim 1 to claim 2, characterized in that

said recording medium is a non-contacted IC card.

10. An information processing system according to any of claim 1 to claim 2, characterized in that

said recording medium is a paper medium printed with a bar code.

11. An information processing method characterized in that:

execution-conditions for an application program are recorded on a recording medium;

an information processing terminal acquires the execution-conditions for said application program from said recording medium;

said information processing terminal selects an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program; and

said information processing terminal executes said selected application program.

12. An information processing method according to claim 11, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for the application program and data to be processed by said application program are recorded on a recording medium;

an information processing terminal acquires the execution-conditions for said application program and the data from said recording medium;

said information processing terminal selects an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program; and

said information processing terminal processes said acquired data by said selected application program.

13. An information processing method according to claim 11 or claim 12, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program recorded on said recording medium have application program identification information for identifying an application program to be executed by said information processing terminal; and

said information processing terminal selects an application program corresponding to said acquired application program identification information.

14. An information processing method according to claim 11 or claim 12, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program recorded on said recording medium have application program property information for identifying a property of an application program to be executed by said information processing terminal; and

said information processing terminal stores therein property information for at least one application program, and selects an application program corresponding to said acquired application program property information based on said stored property information for the application program.

15. An information processing method according to claim 11 or claim 12, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program recorded on said recording medium have service quality information for specifying quality of a service provided by the application program to be executed by said information processing terminal; and

said information processing terminal stores therein service quality information provided by at least one application program, and selects an application program corresponding to said acquired service quality information based on said stored service quality information.

16. An information processing method according to any of claim 11 to claim 12, characterized in that:

the execution-conditions for said application program recorded on said recording medium have application program activation condition information for specifying an activation condition for an application program to be executed by said information processing terminal; and

said information processing terminal executes the application program when said acquired activation condition is satisfied.

17. An information processing method according to any of claim 11 to claim 12, characterized in that

said information processing apparatus stores therein at least one application program, and

selects an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program from said stored application programs.

18. An information processing method according to any of claim 11 to claim 12, characterized in that

said information processing apparatus acquires an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program via communication.

19. An information processing terminal characterized in that the terminal comprises:

acquiring means for acquiring, from a recording medium recorded with execution-conditions for an application program, the execution-conditions for said application program;

application program selecting means for selecting an application program suited to the execution-conditions for the application program acquired by said acquiring means; and

application program executing means for executing the application program selected by said application program selecting means.

20. An information processing terminal characterized in that the terminal comprises:

acquiring means for acquiring, from a recording medium recorded with data and execution-conditions for an application program for processing said data, said data and the execution-conditions for said application program;

application program selecting means for selecting an application program suited to the execution-conditions for the application program acquired by said acquiring means; and

application program executing means for processing the data acquired by said acquiring means by means of the application program selected by said application program selecting means.

21. A program for an information processing terminal, characterized in that the program causes said information processing terminal to execute the processing of:

acquiring, from a recording medium recorded with execution-conditions for an application program, the execution-conditions for said application program;

selecting an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program; and

executing said selected application program.

22. A program for an information processing terminal, characterized in that the program causes said information processing terminal to execute the processing of:

acquiring, from a recording medium recorded with execution-conditions for an application program and data to be processed by said application program, the execution-conditions for said application program and the data;

selecting an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program; and

processing said acquired data by said selected application program.

23. A recording medium, characterized in that the medium comprises:

an execution-condition recording region in which execution-conditions for an application program are recorded; and

a data recording region in which data to be processed by said application program is recorded.

24. A data loading apparatus for a recording medium, characterized in that

the apparatus comprises

execution-condition recording means for recording execution-conditions for an application program to be executed in an information processing apparatus into a recording medium.

25. A data loading apparatus according to claim 24, characterized in that the apparatus comprises data recording means for recording data to be processed by said application program into said recording medium.

26. A recording medium recorded with a program, characterized in that said program causes said information processing terminal to execute the processing of:

acquiring, from a recording medium recorded with execution-conditions for an application program, the execution-conditions for said application program;

selecting an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program; and

executing said selected application program.

27. A recording medium recorded with a program, characterized in that said program causes said information processing terminal to execute the processing of:

acquiring, from a recording medium recorded with execution-conditions for an application program and data to be processed by said application program, the execution-conditions for said application program and the data;

selecting an application program suited to said acquired execution-conditions for the application program; and

processing said acquired data by said selected application program.