Patent ID: 9098372
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a program-related image display control section operating to display, on a screen of a display device, a program-related image which relates to an application program, in a state in which the application program is not executed, where the program-related image includes an execution instruction image to be subjected to the execution instruction operation and an update instruction image to be subjected to the update instruction operation; a program execution section operating to start execution of the application program in a case where an execution instruction operation of giving an instruction to execute the application program is received from a user in a state in which the program-related image is displayed on the screen, where the execution instruction operation comprises an operation of selecting the execution instruction image by the user; and a program update section operating to apply update data to the application program to update the application program in a case where an update instruction operation of giving an instruction to apply the update data is received from the user in the state in which the program-related image is displayed on the screen, where the update instruction operation comprises an operation of selecting the update instruction image by the user, wherein the program update section operates to: (i) acquire the update data when the user selects the update instruction image and the update data has not yet been acquired, and (ii) apply the update data when the user selects the update instruction image and the update data has already been acquired, and wherein the program-related image display control section operates to change the update instruction image depending on whether or not the update data has been acquired.