INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130125055A1
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: NAKAI, Yasumasa, FUJINO, Yosuke, FUKUDA, Yoshiteru, NAKAYA, Kazuto, MARUMO, Yukari
• Granted Patent: US 10,664,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display control unit that controls a display unit to display plural items of application information; a first selecting unit that selects one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information; a second display control unit that controls the display unit to display related information corresponding to the selected item of application information; a second selecting unit that selects a retail version application program or a trial version application program corresponding to the selected item of application information, based on an input by a user; a downloading unit that downloads the selected application program; a third display control unit that controls the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether the retail version application program is downloaded after the trial version application program is executed.

Claims

1. An information-processing device comprising:

a first display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a plurality of items of application information;

a first selecting unit configured to select one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information, based on an input by a user via an input unit;

a second display control unit configured to control the display unit to display related information corresponding to the selected item of application information;

a second selecting unit configured to select a retail version application program or a trial version application program corresponding to the selected item of application information, based on an input by a user via the input unit;

a downloading unit configured to download the selected application program;

an executing unit configured to execute the downloaded application program; and

a third display control unit configured to control the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether the retail version application program is downloaded after the trial version application program is executed.

2. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the related information includes an image for prompting a user to select one of the retail version application program and the trial version application program.

3. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

if there exist a plurality of items of application information corresponding to the trial version application program, the third display control unit is configured to select one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information, and to control the display unit to display the related information corresponding to the selected item of application information.

4. An information-processing system comprising:

a server and

a information-processing device, wherein

the server includes

a storage unit configured to store at least one application program,

the information-processing device includes;

a first display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a plurality of items of application information;

a first selecting unit configured to select one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information, based on an input by a user via an input unit;

a second display control unit configured to control the display unit to display related information corresponding to the selected item of application information;

a second selecting unit configured to select a retail version application program or a trial version application program corresponding to the selected item of application information, based on an input by a user via the input unit;

a downloading unit configured to download the selected application program;

an executing unit configured to execute the downloaded application program; and

a third display control unit configured to control the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether the retail version application program is downloaded after the trial version application program is executed.

5. An information-processing method comprising:

controlling a display unit to display a plurality of items of application information;

selecting one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information, based on an input by a user via an input unit;

controlling the display unit to display related information corresponding to the selected item of application information;

selecting a retail version application program or a trial version application program corresponding to the selected item of application information, based on an input by a user via the input unit;

downloading the selected application program;

executing the downloaded application program; and

controlling the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether the retail version application program is downloaded after the trial version application program is executed.

6. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer device to execute a process, the process comprising:

controlling a display unit to display a plurality of items of application information;

selecting one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information, based on an input by a user via an input unit;

controlling the display unit to display related information corresponding to the selected item of application information;

selecting a retail version application program or a trial version application program corresponding to the selected item of application information, based on an input by a user via the input unit;

downloading the selected application program;

executing the downloaded application program; and

controlling the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether the retail version application program is downloaded after the trial version application program is executed.