Application Update Control via Program-Related Image Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems require users to wait for update data confirmation and often necessitate restarting applications to apply updates, which can be inconvenient, especially when users want to execute applications immediately.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that allows users to update application programs at arbitrary times by displaying program-related images on a screen, enabling users to initiate execution or update instructions independently, with the system acquiring and applying updates as needed without requiring immediate restarts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the information processing apparatus confirms whether or not the update data exists while the application program is being executed, then the application program can be updated, but the application program generally has to be restarted in order to apply the update data
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring update data in advance and storing it in the storage unit before the user actually needs to apply the update. This allows the update to be applied without restarting the application, as the update data is already prepared and available when the user initiates the update application through the program-related image display.
2Reliability
If the information processing apparatus keeps the user waiting while confirming whether or not the update data exists and applying the update data at the time of activating the application program, then the application program can be updated to the latest contents, but the user has to wait
Solution Approach 1:
The system acquires and stores update data in advance before the user needs to apply it. When the user views the program-related image and selects to apply updates, the update data is already available in the storage unit, eliminating the waiting time that would otherwise occur while downloading and applying updates during application activation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the update process based on user timing requirements. Instead of forcing updates during activation or requiring user waiting, the system allows users to initiate updates at any time through the program-related image display, and the update is applied in the background without blocking user interaction or requiring waiting periods.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the information processing apparatus displays program-related image both before execution and when execution is suspended, then the user can control execution and update at any time, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The program-related image display serves multiple functions: it displays before execution, during suspended execution, and provides update control options. This multi-functional display approach allows the same interface element to handle various user operations (execution initiation, suspension, resumption, and update application) without requiring separate complex control mechanisms for each function.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus displays, 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, starts execution of the application program in a case where an 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, and applies update data to the application program to update the application program in a case where an 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.