US 12,064,695 B2
Systems and methods for hindering play of an adult video game by a child and for protecting the child
Victoria Walker, Encinitas, CA (US); and Benaisha Patel, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,624.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033642 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/424 (2014.01); A63F 13/49 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/73 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/73 (2014.09) [A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/424 (2014.09); A63F 13/49 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for restricting a play of an adult video game accessed via an adult user account by a child, comprising:
receiving, from a client device via a computer network, an indication of access to the adult video game via the adult user account;
receiving, via the computer network, data identifying an age of a user from the client device, wherein the data identifying the age of the user is received during the access to the adult video game;
determining, by an artificial intelligence model, that the user accessing the adult video game via the adult user account is the child after receiving the indication of the access to the adult video game, wherein said determining that the user accessing the adult video game via the adult user account is the child occurs based on the data identifying the age of the user and based on data identifying a plurality of ages of a plurality of other users, wherein the artificial intelligence model is trained based on the data identifying the plurality of ages of the plurality of other users after receiving the data identifying the plurality of ages of the plurality of other users from a plurality of client devices via the computer network; and
restricting the child from playing the adult video game via the adult user account upon determining that the user accessing the adult video game is the child.