Information processing apparatus, storage medium, information processing method, and information processing system
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsKanako Tsugihashi, Ryutaro Takahashi, Tomohiro Fujii
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Abstract
Provided are application execution means for executing one or more application programs, and metadata accumulation and storage means for accumulating and storing, into a metadata storage section, metadata corresponding to the one or more application programs when the application programs have been executed or become executable. The application execution means executes the one or more application programs which use the metadata stored in the metadata storage section.
Claims27
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a metadata storage section;
- a transceiver configured to communicate with one or more other information processing apparatuses;
- and
- a processing system including at least one processor coupled to a memory, the processing system configured to:
- automatically, using the transceiver, receive and transmit metadata with the one or more other information processing apparatuses;
- execute one or more application programs;
- accumulate and store, into the metadata storage section, metadata corresponding to the one or more application programs when the application programs have been executed or become executable;
- and
- execute the one or more application programs by using the metadata stored in the metadata storage section.
An information processing system comprising:
- a storage medium configured to store metadata;
- a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one remote computing apparatus;
- and
- a processing system including at least one processor, the processing system configured to:
- execute one or more application programs;
- and
- accumulate metadata corresponding to the one or more application programs when the application programs have been executed or become executable;
- store, into the metadata storage section, the accumulated metadata;
- and
- automatically, via the transceiver, communicate metadata with the remote computing apparatus,
- wherein the one or more application programs use the stored metadata.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus provided with a metadata storage section and a transceiver that is configured to communicate with at least one remote computing apparatus, the information processing program including instructions that, when executed by the computer, are configured to:
- execute one or more application programs;
- receive or transmit metadata, via the transceiver, with the at least one remote computing apparatus without user prompting for such reception or transmission;
- and
- accumulate and store, into the metadata storage section, metadata corresponding to the one or more application programs when the application programs have been executed or become executable,
- wherein the one or more application programs use the metadata stored in the metadata storage section when executed.
An information processing method, comprising:
- executing one or more application programs on a processing system of a computing apparatus, the computing apparatus including a transceiver that is configured to communicate with at least one other computing apparatus;
- receiving or transmitting metadata, via the transceiver, with the at least one remote computing apparatus without user intervention for such reception or transmission;
- and
- accumulating and storing, into the metadata storage section by using the processing system, metadata corresponding to the executed or executable one or more application programs when the application programs have been executed or become executable,
- wherein the one or more executed application programs are executed by using the metadata stored in the metadata storage section.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium configured to store first metadata for a first application;
- a transceiver configured to communicate with a second computing apparatus;
- a user input device configured to receive input from a user;
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- a processing system that includes at least one processor, the processing system configured to:
- execute the first application in accordance with user provided input;
- store, to the storage medium, metadata for the first application in accordance with the execution of the first application;
- automatically communicating, via the transceiver, with the second computing apparatus to receive second metadata for a second application;
- store the received second metadata for the second application to the storage medium;
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- present a display output to the user based on the stored second metadata.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.