US 12,343,622 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing system
Kenichi Imai, Tokyo (JP); Shigeru Enomoto, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroshi Saito, Tokyo (JP); Toshimasa Aoki, Kanagawa (JP); and Satoshi Hashimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,153.
Application 18/063,153 is a continuation of application No. 16/521,747, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,547,936.
Application 16/521,747 is a continuation of application No. 14/371,289, granted, now 10,406,443, issued on Sep. 10, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2012/008348, filed on Dec. 27, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/589,897, filed on Jan. 24, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107322 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/48 (2014.01); A63F 13/323 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/61 (2014.01); A63F 13/71 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC A63F 13/48 (2014.09) [A63F 13/323 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/61 (2014.09); A63F 13/71 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); A63F 13/355 (2014.09); A63F 2300/209 (2013.01); A63F 2300/552 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5533 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5566 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6009 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first information processing device operated by a first user, which is connected via a network to a second information processing device operated by a second user, comprises:
an execution unit, disposed in the first information processing device of the first user, including a first circuity configured to execute an application to:
generate a virtual space having a plurality of objects;
execute the application according to a first operation information provided by the first user to manipulate a first object of the plurality of objects within the virtual space according to a first viewpoint of the virtual space such that the first object moves in the virtual space; and
generate a first application image corresponding to the first viewpoint based at least in part on the first operation information;
a participation processing unit that, while the execution unit executes the application according to the first operation information of the first user to generate the first application image, includes a second circuitry that causes the second user to participate in the application executed by the execution unit of the first user in a participation format that allows both the first user and the second user to provide operation information that affects execution of the application, wherein, after causing the second user to participate in the application, the execution unit:
executes the application according to a second operation information provided by the second user to the second information processing device to manipulate a second object of the plurality of objects within the virtual space according to a second viewpoint of the virtual space such that the second object moves in the virtual space; and
generates a second application image corresponding to the second viewpoint based at least in part on the first operation information and the second operation information, wherein the second application image is different than the first application image; and
a transmission unit that transmits the second application image to the second information processing device of the second user.