Patent ID: 7165223

Claim:
An entertainment system comprising: a startup screen generated after the power is turned on and during an initialization process of said entertainment system but prior to user interaction with said entertainment system, the initialization process comprising a period of loading the basic input/output system and a period of loading the operating system, and a startup screen creation block that creates and displays image drawing data for a moving image for the startup screen each time said entertainment system is started, wherein said image drawing data varies with each start of said entertainment system, wherein said startup screen creation block performs said creation of image drawing data based on accumulated historical information, wherein said startup screen creation block calculates, based on said historical information, at least one element selected from the group consisting of a number of drawn objects to be displayed on the startup screen, display positions, display colors and opacity of the drawn objects, and uses the results of calculation to create said image drawing data, wherein said startup screen creation block includes means of calculating information for drawing said startup screen by adding a plurality of pieces of said historical data, each multiplied by a predetermined coefficient, and wherein the entertainment system further comprises a storage area for holding coefficients used in multiplication in advance.