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Granted Patent B2
US 10,664,131 · App. 13/677,735 · Granted May 26, 2020

Information-processing device, information-processing system, information-processing method, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Kazuto Nakaya (Kyoto, JP); Yukari Marumo (Kyoto, JP); Yasumasa Nakai (Kyoto, JP); Yosuke Fujino (Kyoto, JP); Yoshiteru Fukuda (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0482G06F8/61H04L67/34
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Patent No.
US 10,664,131
App. No.
13/677,735
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
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 (50)

1. An information-processing device comprising at least one processor configured to perform operations 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 an 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 to the information processing device;

executing, by the at least one processor of the information-processing device, the downloaded application program;

in response to a user-provided instruction to stop the execution of the downloaded application program, determining whether the executed application program is a trial version application program; and

in response to determining that the executed downloaded application program is the trial version application program, controlling the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether a retail version application program is to be downloaded.

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 the at least one processor is further configured to,

if there exists a plurality of items of application information corresponding to the trial version application program, 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. The information-processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the trial version application program is a program different from the retail version application program, both of the trial version application program and the retail version application program are relating to the same application.

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

the first display control unit is configured to display a first image indicative of the trial version application program and a second image indicative of the retail version application program at the same time.

6. The information-processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining that the executed application program is the retail version, stopping said execution.

7. 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,

and wherein the information-processing device includes at least one processor configured to perform operations 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 an 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 to the information processing device;

executing, by the at least one processor of the information-processing device, the downloaded application program;

in response to a user-provided instruction to stop the execution of the downloaded application program, determining whether the executed application program is a trial version application program; and

in response to determining that the executed downloaded application program is the trial version application program, controlling the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether a retail version application program is to be downloaded.

8. 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 an 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 to the information processing device;

executing, by the at least one processor of the information-processing device, the downloaded application program;

in response to a user-provided instruction to stop the execution of the downloaded application program, determining whether the executed application program is a trial version application program; and

in response to determining that the executed downloaded application program is the trial version application program, controlling the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether a retail version application program is to be downloaded.

9. 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 an 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 to the information processing device;

executing, by the at least one processor of the information-processing device, the downloaded application program;

in response to a user-provided instruction to stop the execution of the downloaded application program, determining whether the executed application program is a trial version application program; and

in response to determining that the executed downloaded application program is the trial version application program, controlling the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether a retail version application program is to be downloaded.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2013
From: NAKAYA, KAZUTO
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030238/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2012
From: MARUMO, YUKARI; NAKAI, YASUMASA; FUJINO, YOSUKE; FUKUDA, YOSHITERU
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029303/0947 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-250147 · Nov 15, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130125055A1 · May 16, 2013