Patent ID: 7930528

Claim:
An information processing device in which a prescribed application operates, said device comprising: a display unit having a screen; an activation instruction inputting section through which an instruction for activation of said prescribed application is inputted; an activation instruction information holding section to hold information on said activation instruction; an operating system boot section to boot an operating system based on said activation instruction; an application activation section to activate said prescribed application based on information held in said activation instruction information holding section after said operating system is booted; a light emitting section arranged on said display unit to indicate a state of said activating; and an execution state indicating section that causes said light emitting section to start blinking when said activation instruction is inputted, turns said light emitting section off when said booting of said operating system is completed after said starting of said blinking, and turns said light emitting section on when said activating of said prescribed application is completed after said turning off, wherein when said activating of said prescribed application fails after said turning off, said light emitting section continues to be off.