Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Makoto Oshita

Elizabeth Ruth Juenger

Ryan David Sutton

Zentaro Kaji

Shigeru Enomoto

Shogo Suzuki

Yoshihiko Suwa

Kenjiro Komaki

Syunsuke Bamba

Yuji Kojima

Fumikazu Hatanaka

Takuma Oiwa

Kei Sato

Shin Nagata

Itsuki Asanuma

Soushi Urakawa

Hidekazu Ii

Yoshihisa Onoue

Akihisa Sumi

Seiichi Adachi

Marc Horne

Provided are a sound output control apparatus, a sound output control system, a sound output control method, and a program that can appropriately thin out the output of pieces of sound data. A sound data reception section receives a plurality of pieces of sound data transmitted from transmission apparatuses that are different from each other. A selection section selects a portion of the plurality of pieces of sound data on the basis of at least one of a result of a voice activity detection process performed on each of the pieces of sound data or moving averages of volumes of sounds represented by the pieces of sound data. A sound data transmission section outputs the selected portion of the pieces of sound data.

Sound output control apparatus, sound output control system, sound output control method, and program

Techniques for managing notifications are described. In an example, a computing device presents content in an application window based on an execution of an application. Notification data is received by a computing device. Based on a context associated with the computing device, such as whether the application window is the foreground and whether the notification data is associated with the application or such as the operational mode of the computing device, a determination is made whether to present a corresponding notification in-context within the application window or in a pop-up window. Otherwise, the notification is added to a notification list and can be summarized in a notification summary.

Summarizing notifications on a user display

Techniques for managing notifications are described. In an example, a computing device receives notification data. The computing device compares a first context associated with the notification data and a second context associated with an application executing in an application window on a display. The computing device determines whether the notification data is to be presented in the application window or is to be sent to a queue based on the comparison, the queue storing other notification data corresponding to another notification. The computing device also presents, based on the comparison, at least the notification data or a notification in the application window over at least a portion of content from execution of the application while a presentation of the content continues, the notification distinct from the notification data and indicating that the notification data is presented.

User immersion context-based notifications on a user display

There is provided an information processing device including a holding unit configured to hold setting information regarding parental control for each user in association with user identification information, and a limit processing unit configured to limit usage of a predetermined function or device by the user on a basis of the setting information held by the holding unit.

Information processing device, server device, parental control method, profile information management method

Context-based notifications on a user display

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Makoto Oshita