Patent ID: 8700700
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A screen shot display control apparatus for activating an application by using a file received from a server apparatus, and displaying a screen shot, the screen shot display control apparatus comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory memory having stored thereon executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the screen shot display apparatus to perform: a file reception step of receiving a file required for execution of the application, from the server apparatus; a screen shot generation step of generating a first screen shot by using the file received at the file reception step, the first screen shot being a display image that is to be displayed on a display screen only during a period from a start of an activation of the application to a completion of the activation of the application; a screen shot storing step of storing the first screen shot generated at the screen shot generation step; a screen shot reception step of, after the file is updated in the server apparatus, receiving a second screen shot generated by the server apparatus by using the file after the update, from the server apparatus, the second screen shot being a display image that is to be displayed on the display screen only during the period from the start of the activation of the application to the completion of the activation of the application; and a display selection step of (i) displaying the received second screen shot on the display screen only during the period from the start of the activation of the application to the completion of the activation of the application when the second screen shot is received from the server apparatus at the screen shot reception step, (ii) displaying the first screen shot stored at the screen shot storing step on the display screen only during the period from the start of the activation of the application to the completion of the activation of the application when the second screen shot is not received from the server apparatus at the screen shot reception step, and (iii) displaying display data generated by the application on the display screen after the period from the start of the activation of the application to the completion of the activation of the application.