US 12,406,032 B2
Data processing apparatus and method
Hogarth Andall, London (GB); Danjeli Schembri, London (GB); and Bee Lay Tan, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,680.
Claims priority of application No. GB2214341 (GB), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111839 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 18/24 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 18/24765 (2023.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
receive a first signal indicative of one or more words communicated from a first user of online content to one or more second users of the online content, the online content being a video game;
classify the one or more words using the first signal;
receive one or more second signals indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of the one or more second users in response to the communicated one or more words;
classify the one or more physiological characteristics of the one or more second users using the one or more second signals;
determine, based on a classification of the one or more words and a classification of the one or more physiological characteristics of the one or more second users, whether to generate an action signal, the action signal indicating that an action associated with the first user of the online content is to be taken, the action comprising providing a warning message to the first user to reprimand the first user; and
when it is determined an action signal is to be generated, generate and output the action signal.