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

Claim 9:
10. An information processing method performed by an information processing device, the information processing device including a first controller and a second controller, the second controller providing the first controller with a virtual storage, the virtual storage 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 information processing method comprising:
obtaining, from an external device, a second program that is an update to the first program;
causing a remaining one of the first storage area and the second storage area to store the second program obtained in the obtaining; and
switching 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 causing, in the remaining one of the storage areas,
wherein the second controller is connected to the first controller, the virtual storage is in communication with the second controller, the virtual storage is not in direct communication with the first controller, and the first program for the start-up of the first controller is updated to the second program without using the first controller.