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Information processing apparatus and program for controlling the same

  • US 8,046,664 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2007
  • Issued: 10/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information processing apparatus as a navigation device, comprising:

  • a memory that stores information;

    a storage unit that stores a program; and

    a control unit that controls expansion and execution of the program in the memory at a location with an address determined by a function of an operating system, whereinthe control unit controls the memory to store, kernel information in the memory, the kernel information including program identification information for identifying the program and address information for identifying an expansion area of the program when the program is retrieved from the storage unit and expanded in the memory,the control unit determines whether the program is expanded in the memory with reference to the kernel information stored in the memory when the program is required to be executed after initialization of the control unit, andthe control unit executes the program expanded in the memory by utilizing the kernel information without retrieving the program from the storage unit when the program is determined to be expanded in the memory.

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