Patent ID: 8640150
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing terminal enabling, during execution of a predetermined application program, addition of an additional program and execution of the additional program, the information processing terminal comprising: a management device configured to manage the additional program and a plug-in point included in the application program by associating the additional program with the plug-in point; an execution device configured to execute the application program, wherein, during execution, the application program detects the plug-in point, which is a portion of the application program to which the additional program can be added, and sends a request to acquire the additional program to an acquisition device, when the plug-in point is detected; the acquisition device configured to acquire, in response to receiving the request, the additional program associated with the plug-in point from a predetermined storage device and to store the additional program in a memory, wherein the execution device is configured to execute the acquired additional program stored in the memory; and a deletion device configured to delete, upon completion of the execution of the additional program, the additional program from the memory, wherein the management device is further configured to manage repeated execution of the additional program stored in the memory, without repeatedly acquiring the additional program from the predetermined storage device, when multiple users of the information processing terminal request execution of the application program, including the additional program, at a same time.