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Information processing apparatus, terminal system, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and method of obtaining update data for efficiently updating data for an application

  • US 9,753,715 B2
  • Filed: 10/02/2013
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor and configured to communicate with a server via a network, the information processing apparatus configured to:

  • obtain update information from the server at a first timing independent of and prior to a second timing, wherein the second timing is in response to an issuance of an instruction to start at least one application stored in a storage device accessible by the information processing apparatus, and wherein the obtained update information indicates a presence of an update on the server for the at least one application stored in the storage device;

    save the obtained update information in the storage device;

    determine for the at least one application stored in the storage device whether there is an update present on the server at the second timing based on the saved update information, wherein the second timing is independent of and after the first timing;

    obtain from the server update data used for updating the at least one application responsive to the information processing apparatus determining that the update is present;

    save the obtained update data in the storage device;

    update the at least one application using the saved update data; and

    start the at least one application.

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