INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20140137096A1
• Filed: 09/25/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Shinobu, Yamashita, Toru, Fujino, Yosuke, UEDA, Masani, Ooshima, Yoichi, Tsukada, Yohei
• Granted Patent: US 9,928,053 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

An example of a game apparatus, regardless of whether or not a peripheral device is connected to the game apparatus, acquires, from a server, update data for main body system software for controlling the game apparatus, together with update data for peripheral device system software, and saves the pieces of update data in a data storage unit. If the peripheral device is connected to the game apparatus, the game apparatus updates the main body system software and the peripheral device system software using the pieces of update data stored in the data storage unit. If the peripheral device is not connected to the game apparatus, the game apparatus updates only the main body system software. If the peripheral device has been connected to the game apparatus after that, the game apparatus updates the peripheral device system software using the update data stored in the data storage unit.

Claims

1. An information processing system capable of being connected to a second device having second system software, the information processing system comprising:

a storage unit configured to store first system software for controlling the information processing system;

an update data acquisition unit configured to, regardless of whether or not the second device is connected to the information processing system, externally acquire first update data for updating the first system software, together with second update data for updating the second system software, and save the first update data and the second update data; and

an update unit configured to update the first system software stored in the storage unit and the second system software, using the first update data and the second update data.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising

a connection determination unit configured to determine whether or not the second device is connected to the information processing system, wherein

if the second device is not connected to the information processing system, the update unit updates the first system software using the first update data without updating the second system software.

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

If, after the update unit has updated the first system software using the first update data when the second device had not been connected to the information processing system, the second device has been connected to the information processing system, the update unit updates the second system software using the second update data acquired together with the first update data by the update data acquisition unit.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein

if the second device has been connected to the information processing system, the update unit automatically updates the second system software, not on the basis of an operation of a user.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3, further comprising

a second device determination unit configured to, if the second device has been connected to the information processing system, determine, on the basis of the second update data and the second system software stored in the second device, whether or not the second system software is to be updated, wherein

if the second device determination unit has determined that the second system software is to be updated, the update unit updates the second system software using the second update data.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the update data acquisition unit holds the second update data even after the update unit updates the second system software.

7. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

if the second device is connected to the information processing system, the update unit updates the first system software using the first update data, and also updates the second system software using the second update data.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the update data acquisition unit acquires the first update data and the second update data corresponding to the first update data.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the update data acquisition unit acquires the first update data and the second update data as a set.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a network connection unit capable of being connected to a network, or a medium data reading unit capable of reading external data from a portable storage medium, wherein

the update data acquisition unit acquires the first update data and the second update data via the network or the storage medium.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a connection information storage unit configured to store connection information required for communication with the second device;

a communication unit configured to, if the connection information is stored in the connection information storage unit, communicate with the second device; and

a connection cancellation unit configured to, if the second device is not connected to the information processing system when the update unit updates the first system software and the second system software, delete the connection information stored in the connection information storage unit.

12. An information processing apparatus for being connected to a first device having a first system software and cooperating with the first device,

the first device externally acquiring first update data for updating the first system software, together with second update data for updating second system software for controlling the information processing apparatus, and saving the first update data and the second update data,

the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the second system software;

a connection establishment unit configured to transmit or receive information to or from the first device, and establish a connection between the information processing apparatus and the first device;

a notification unit configured to, after the connection establishment unit has established the connection between the information processing apparatus and the first device, notify the first device of version information of the second system software stored in the storage unit; and

an update unit configured to receive the second update data transmitted from the first device in accordance with the notification made by the notification unit, and update the second system software stored in the storage unit, using the received second update data.

13. An information processing apparatus capable of being connected to a second device having second system software, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store first system software for controlling the information processing apparatus;

an update data acquisition unit configured to, regardless of whether or not the second device is connected to the information processing apparatus, externally acquire first update data for updating the first system software, together with second update data for updating the second system software, and save the first update data and the second update data; and

an update unit configured to update the first system software stored in the storage unit and the second system software, using the first update data and the second update data.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer of an information processing system which is capable of being connected to a second device having second system software and in which first system software is stored, the information processing program causing the computer to execute:

regardless of whether or not the second device is connected to the information processing system, externally acquiring first update data for updating the first system software, together with second update data for updating the second system software, and saving the first update data and the second update data; and

updating the first system software stored in the information processing system and the second system software, using the first update data and the second update data.

15. An information processing method to be executed by an information processing system which is capable of being connected to a second device having second system software and in which first system software is stored, the information processing method comprising:

regardless of whether or not the second device is connected to the information processing system, externally acquiring first update data for updating the first system software, together with second update data for updating the second system software, and saving the first update data and the second update data; and

updating the first system software stored in the information processing system and the second system software, using the first update data and the second update data.