US 12,447,410 B2
Audio system and method
David Erwan Damien Uberti, London (GB); and Andy Walker, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,406.
Claims priority of application No. 2204721 (GB), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310993 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/54 (2014.01); A63F 13/60 (2014.01); A63F 13/847 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/79 (2014.09) [A63F 13/54 (2014.09); A63F 13/60 (2014.09); A63F 13/847 (2014.09)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of audio provision, comprising the steps of:
executing a game in a local co-operative play mode;
outputting for the game first audio in a preferred language of a first user;
outputting for the game second audio in a different preferred language of a second user; and
executing a helper application in conjunction with the game, the helper application being configured to:
monitor what selected first audio data for the first language is being used by the game,
access corresponding second audio data for the second language in response to which selected first audio is being used, and
output the corresponding second audio data for the second language when the game outputs the selected first audio.