Information processing method and apparatus using

专利名称：Information processing method and

apparatus using a storage medium storingall necessary software and content toconfigure and operate the apparatus

发明人：Haruyoshi Suzuki申请号：US09433990申请日：19991104公开号：US06601139B1公开日：20030729

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摘要：An information processing apparatus and method operate using a removable

medium such as a removable disk on which all necessary software and content arerecorded. The information processing apparatus includes a removable disk drive forrecording and reproducing an information signal onto or from the removable disk, a mainmemory and a flash memory for storing information, and a central processing unit (CPU)for controlling the above-described parts such that when the removable disk is insertedinto the removable disk drive, software is automatically loaded into the main memoryand executed, necessary information is recorded on the removable disk, and, if theexecution of the software is ended, the removable disk is ejected. An informationprocessing apparatus based on this single medium activated platform (SMAP)architecture may serve as various devices depending on the application program orsoftware that is stored on the removable disk. Thus, the information processingapparatus can be used easily by any user, even by one who does not have knowledgeabout computers.

申请人：SONY CORPORATION

代理机构：Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

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