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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAkiya Saito, Yoriaki Kanada, Etsuo Shibasaki, Shunsuke Furukawa, Koichi Nakajima, Yoichiro Sako, Akiko Inoue, Kaoru Kijima
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First, an ID added disc is loaded. A disc ID is read from the disc at step S2. The disc ID matches a hardware ID of hardware that can use software recorded on the disc. If the disc ID has not been read from the disc, an error process is performed. At step S3, a hardware ID of hardware connected to a personal computer is obtained. At step S4, it is determined whether or not both the IDs match. When the determined result represents that they match, at step S5, an application starts. When the determined result at step S4 represents that they do not match, at step S6, an error message is displayed on a display of the personal computer.
A data recording medium on which medium identification information unique to the data recording medium has been recorded, the medium identification information having information with which hardware that can use a program recorded on the data recording medium is recognized, a starting program having been recorded on the data recording medium, the starting program being automatically started corresponding to obtained hardware identification information and the medium identification information.
A data recording medium on which medium identification information unique to the data recording medium has been recorded, a plurality of programs having been recorded on the data recording medium, the medium identification information having information with which one of the plurality of programs is designated, a starting program causing the program designated with the medium identification information to automatically start having been recorded on the data recording medium.
A program starting method for starting a program recorded on a recording medium, comprising the steps of:
A program starting method for starting a program recorded on a recording medium, comprising the steps of:
A starting program for causing a computer to execute a program recorded on a recording medium, the starting program comprising the steps of:
A starting program for causing a computer to execute a program recorded on a recording medium, the starting program comprising the steps of:
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