Additional software loading terminal device, additional software loading method and program therefor

A method for controlling a terminal device, which includes a first conventional software application that is executed by a first CPU to control a terminal resource and a second software application that is executed by a second CPU to execute a new application, and which is operated by being connected, across a network, to a main apparatus that provides control for said terminal device, comprising:

• a switching step of permitting said new application to switch between a conventional terminal mode and an application occupation mode;
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• a path switching step of changing, in accordance with said mode selected at said switching step, a path for data that is exchanged between said first software application, said main apparatus and said new application.

A medium containing a computer-readable program for controlling a terminal device, which includes a first conventional software application that is executed by a first CPU to control a terminal resource and a second software application that is employed by a second CPU to execute a new application and that is executed through a network connection to a main apparatus that controls a terminal, the computer-readable program comprising instructions to perform:

• a switching process that switches between a conventional terminal mode and an application occupation mode;
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• a path switching process that changes, in accordance with a mode selected during said switching process, a path for data that is exchanged by said first software application, said main apparatus and said new application.