Electronic device, control method thereof, program, and storage medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKiyoshi YOSHIKAWA
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a drive for attaching a removable storage, a reader for reading update information acquired from a network through a device having a network connection function when the removable storage is attached to the drive, the information being recorded in a predetermined directory in the removable storage, and a writer for writing device information necessary for acquiring the update information in a predetermined directory in the removable storage when the removable storage is attached to the drive. The electronic device is not provided with a function for connecting to the network.
Claims10
An electronic device comprising:
- a drive for attaching a removable storage;
- a reader for reading update information acquired from a network through a device having a network connection function when the removable storage is attached to the drive, the information being recorded in a predetermined directory in the removable storage;
- and
- a writer for writing device information necessary for acquiring the update information in a predetermined directory in the removable storage when the removable storage is attached to the drive,
- wherein the electronic device is not provided with a function for connecting to the network.
A method for controlling an electronic device that is not provided with a function of connecting to a network, the method comprising:
- reading update information acquired from the network through a device having a network connection function when a removable storage is attached to a drive for attaching the removable storage, the information being recorded in a predetermined directory in the removable storage;
- and
- writing device information necessary for acquiring the update information in a predetermined directory in the removable storage when the removable storage is attached to the drive.
A program instructing a computer to function as an electronic device that is not provided with a function for connecting to a network, the electronic device comprising:
- a drive for attaching a removable storage;
- a reader for reading update information acquired from the network through a device having a network connection function when the removable storage is attached to the drive, the information being recorded in a predetermined directory in the removable storage;
- and
- a writer for writing device information necessary for acquiring the update information in a predetermined directory in the removable storage when the removable storage is attached to the drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.