Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
27 words
A software distribution medium storing an operating
system which controls a software execution device and any one
or more application programs which operate upon said
operating system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
The software distribution medium according to Claim 1
wherein: said software distribution medium comprises a
read-only ROM area in which said operating system and said
application programs are stored, and a rewritable RAM area in
which at least one of control information and any data
accessed by the operating system and the application programs
is stored, the control information being used for controlling
an operation of at least one of said operating system and said
application programs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The software distribution medium according to Claim
1, wherein: said operating system includes necessary and
minimum functions required for executing said application
programs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The software distribution medium according to Claim
2, wherein: said operating system includes necessary and
minimum functions required for executing said application
programs.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
The software distribution medium according to Claim
1, wherein: said operating system consists of plural kinds of
operating systems adapted for plural kinds of said software
execution devices respectively, and it is made possible to selectively use one of said
operating systems adapted for one of said software execution
devices when said software distribution medium is loaded into
said software execution device to boot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A software distribution medium comprising a ROM area
storing any first information in a read-only manner and a RAM
area storing, in a rewritable manner, second information for
controlling said first information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The software distribution medium according to Claim
6, wherein: said first information comprises at least one of
video information and audio information, and said second
information comprises information for editing said first
information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A software distribution medium comprising a ROM area
storing any software in a read-only manner and a RAM area
storing, in a rewritable manner, security information for
preventing an illegal behavior in an operation of installing
or duplicating said software into any other medium.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
66 words
A method of producing a software distribution medium
comprising steps of: selecting any one or more application programs to be
stored in the software distribution medium; deciding, in any operating system, necessary and
minimum functions required for executing said application
programs; constructing said operating system including said
necessary and minimum functions; and storing said operating system together with said
application programs in said software distribution medium.