# US 11,992,776 B2 · Information processing device and installation method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,776 B2 - Document ID: US11992776B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/439,841 - Filed: 2020-03-26 - Published: 2022-03-24 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-03 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Syunsuke Bamba; Makoto Sunayama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992776B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/35: Details of game servers - A63F 13/95: Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges - A63F 13/48: Starting a game, e.g. activating a game device or waiting for other players to join a multiplayer session - A63F 13/533: for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu - A63F 13/63: by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor - A63F 13/69: by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions - A63F 13/70: Game security or game management aspects - A63F 13/77: involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory - G06F 8/61: Installation - A63F 2300/552: for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A play mode selection screen image displaying section 108 displays a screen image for selecting a play mode relating to installation of game software 70. An installation execution section 110 installs game software into a storage device. When the game software is to be installed for the first time, the play mode selection screen image displaying section 108 displays a first selection screen image for selecting a play mode to install first from a plurality of play modes. Thereafter, the play mode selection screen image displaying section 108 displays a second selection screen image for selecting a play mode not to install or a play mode to install. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device comprising: circuitry configured to control a display to display a screen image for selecting a play mode from a plurality of play modes of a game software after a user has selected the game software to be installed; install the game software into a storage device, wherein in a case that the game software is to be installed for a first time, the circuitry is configured to control the display to display a first selection screen image for allowing the user to select a first play mode from the plurality of play modes to install first from the plurality of play modes and then display a second selection screen image for allowing the user to select a second play mode from the plurality of play modes not to install when the game software is installed for a first time; and control the display to first display the second selection screen image before displaying the first selection screen image in a case that the game software is being reinstalled after being previously uninstalled. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein in a case that the game software uninstalled in the past and is later being installed again, the circuitry is configured to control the display to display the first selection screen image for selecting a play mode to install first after displaying the second selection screen image for selecting a play mode not to install. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configure to execute a game, the game software includes a plurality of groups and, when the circuitry installs a file belonging to a first group of the game software, the circuitry is enabled to start up the game, and after the circuitry installs a plurality of files that enable saved data of a game played in the past by the user to be used, the circuitry is enabled to execute the game. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to: display a screen image for selecting other game software to delete in a case that shortage of capacity of the storage device occurs when the game software is to be installed; and display a choice for deleting other game software in a unit of a play mode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to switch from displaying the first screen selection image to the second selection screen image in response to receiving a user input at the first selection screen image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to switch from displaying the second selection screen image to displaying the first selection screen image in response to receiving a user input at the second selection screen image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to display to display a user interface indicating that the storage device has insufficient capacity to install the game software. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing device of claim 7, wherein the user interface displays a memory size corresponding to at least the first play mode selected from the plurality of play modes for installation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing device of claim 8, wherein the user interface displays a capacity shortage amount corresponding to a difference between the memory size corresponding to at least the first play mode and an available capacity of the storage device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The information processing device of claim 7, wherein the user interface is configured to display a plurality of other game software installed at the information processing device as candidates to be uninstalled to make capacity in the storage device for the game software to be installed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing device of claim 10, wherein the user interface is configured to display a memory size of each of the plurality of other game software installed at the information processing device as candidates to be uninstalled. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The information processing device of claim 10, wherein the user interface is configured to receive a user input selecting at least one of the plurality of other game software installed at the information processing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information processing device of claim 12, wherein the user interface is configured to display a capacity shortage amount corresponding to a difference between a memory size of the game software and an available capacity of the storage device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing device of claim 13, wherein the circuitry is configured to update the user interface to display an updated capacity shortage amount of the storage device, which corresponds to a difference between a memory size of the game software and an available capacity of the storage device in a case that the selected one of the plurality of other games is uninstalled. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The information processing device of claim 14, wherein the user interface is configured to receive a user input corresponding to a selection to uninstall the selected one of the plurality of other games. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The information processing device of claim 15, wherein the circuitry is configured to uninstall the selected one of the plurality of other games in response to the user input. ### Claim 17 An installation method comprising: displaying a first selection screen image for selecting a play mode from a plurality of play modes of a game software after a user has selected the game software to be installed; displaying a second selection screen image after displaying the first selection screen image for selecting a play mode not to install from the plurality of play modes; installing game software on a basis of information inputted to the first selection screen image and the second selection screen image; and displaying the second selection screen image before displaying the first selection screen image in a case that the game software is being reinstalled after being previously uninstalled. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to: display a first selection screen image for selecting a play mode from a plurality of play modes of a game software after a user has selected the game software to be installed; display a second selection screen image after displaying the first selection image screen for selecting a play mode not to install from the plurality of play modes when the game software is installed for a first time; install the game software on a basis of information inputted to the first selection screen image and the second selection screen image; and display the second selection screen image before displaying the first selection screen image in a case that the game software is being reinstalled after being previously uninstalled.