IP Library Granted Patent US 10,166,467
Granted Patent B2
US 10,166,467 · App. 14/510,447 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Information processing device, data structure of game data, and recording medium

Inventor: Naoto Okino (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/35A63F13/49A63F13/95
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Patent No.
US 10,166,467
App. No.
14/510,447
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device processes game data including a startup file and a program file, the game data being formed by adding, to an image file of game data including a plurality of files that are each assigned one or a plurality of blocks and including metadata of each file, metadata including a signature attached to each of the plurality of blocks constituting the image file. The information processing device includes: a first mount processing section mounting the image file to which the metadata including the signature is added at a first mount point, and recognizing the image file; and a second mount processing section mounting the recognized image file at a second mount point, and recognizing the plurality of files included in the image file.

Claims (17)

1. An information processing device for processing game data including a startup file and a program file, the game data being created by:

authoring an image file of plain text data lacking compression, encryption and hash values, the image file being formed as one file having a data structure including a plurality of files in a game data region of the image file that are each assigned one or a plurality of blocks and including metadata of each file, the data structure being obtained by adding to a metadata region of the image file metadata including a signature attached to each of the plurality of blocks constituting the image file;

compressing the image file;

writing to the metadata region a compression table indicating relation between file blocks before and after compression; and

adding encryption and hash values to secure the game data,

the information processing device comprising a microprocessor with a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, the microprocessor including:

a first mount processing section mounting, at a first mount point, a package file including the image file and using metadata of the package file to recognize as a single file the image file including the plurality of files in the game data region; and

a second mount processing section mounting, at a second mount point for executing a game using the game data, the recognized image file and using the metadata of the image file to recognize the game data region of the image file and thereby access the plurality of files.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second mount point is a mount point for executing the program file.

3. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium on which a program for a computer is recorded, the program comprising:

processing game data, the game data being created by:

authoring an image file of plain text data lacking compression, encryption and hash values, the image file being formed as one file having a data structure including a plurality of files in a game data region of the image file that are each assigned one or a plurality of blocks and including metadata of each file, the data structure being obtained by adding to a metadata region of the image file metadata including a signature attached to each of the plurality of blocks constituting the image file;

compressing the image file;

writing to the metadata region a compression table indicating relation between file blocks before and after compression; and

adding encryption and hash values to secure the game data;

mounting, at a first mount point, a package file including the image file and using metadata of the package file to recognize as a single file the image file including the plurality of files in the game data region; and

mounting, at a second mount point for executing a game using the game data, the recognized image file and using the metadata of the image file to recognize the game data region of the image file and thereby access the plurality of files.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 047607/0842 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2014
From: OKINO, NAOTO
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 033923/0182 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-228808 · Nov 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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