Localization System For Mounting Game In Portable Storage Device On Game Console And Method Therefor

A localization method for mounting a game from a portable storage device onto a game console, comprising the steps of:

• (a) activating an application program installed in an internal storage unit of the game console;
• (b) searching at least an interface by the application program to see if the portable storage device is connected where, if not, step (e) is resumed;
• (c) searching a target word unit in the portable storage device where, if not found, step (e) is resumed;
• (d) searching game information in a small database;
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• (e) displaying game information, if present, on a screen of the game console.

A localization system for mounting a game, comprising at least a portable storage device and a game console wherein

• the portable storage device comprises a target word unit (i.e., target) data-linked to a small database (i.e., header) having an identification code;
• the small database is capable of accessing a logic allocation unit which comprises at least a game file;
• the game file has a game identification code corresponding to the identification code so that the small database is able to precisely locate the game file;
• the game console comprises at least an interface for data-linking the portable storage device and for data downloading or overwriting existing files;
• the interface is data-linked to a storage unit which stores at least an application program;
• the application program is to access the small database and display relevant information about the game file whose game identification code is corresponding to the identification code of the small database;
• when a user is to select a game to play, the user makes the selection through a controller;
• and a central process unit (CPU) loads the game file into a free space in a main memory of the game console and executes the game file.

A localization method for mounting a game from a portable storage device onto a game console, comprising the steps of:

• (a) activating an application program installed in an internal storage unit of the game console;
• (b) searching at least an interface by the application program to see if the portable storage device is connected where, if not, step (f) is resumed;
• (c) searching a target word unit in the portable storage device where, if not found, step (f) is resumed;
• (d) searching game information in a small database where, if not found, step (f) is resumed;
• (e) checking whether the small database has user partitions where, if there is no user partition, a plurality of auxiliary small databases are produced;
• if a user partition is found, whether the user partition is in use is further checked;
• and, if the user partition is idle, the user partition is assigned to a new user;
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• (f) displaying game information, if present, on a screen of the game console.