Patent ID: 11947970
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing device, comprising:
a first controller;
a second controller that is connected to the first controller and that provides the first controller with a virtual storage, the virtual storage being in communication with the second controller and including a first storage area and a second storage area, one of which stores a first program to be executed by the first controller on start-up, the virtual storage not being in direct communication with the first controller; and
an update controller that obtains, from an external device, a second program that is an update to the first program, and causes a remaining one of the first storage area and the second storage area to store the second program obtained, wherein
the update controller switches a program to be executed by the first controller on start-up from the first program to the second program stored in the remaining one of the storage areas, after the second program is stored in the remaining one of the storage areas, whereby the first program for the start-up of the first controller is updated to the second program without using the first controller.