Sony Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Rakuten Group, Inc.

Sony Corporation Entertainment America LLC

Masayuki Chatani

Glen Van Datta

Chisato Numaoka

Dominic Saul Mallinson

Kimiyoshi Yoshida

Hirofumi Tamori

Akio Sakano

Akio Ohba

Gary M Zalewski

Kunihito Sawai

Hirotoshi Maegawa

Hiroshi Nakayama

Makoto Sasaki

Ken Kutaragi

Sachiko Inoue

Andrew House

Atsushi Ishihara

Masayuki Takada

Takayuki Ishida

Masahiro Morita

Kan Ebisawa

Shinichi Okamoto

Hirotsugu Yamamoto

Keiji Togawa

Tsutomu Kawachi

Toshiya Ikenaga

Eiji Miyakawa

Koji Kageyama

Shouichi Doi

Nobuhiro Komata

Yoshinori Kurata

Yoshiki Takeoka

Keiso Shimakawa

Akihiro Ihori

Shizue Okuda

Ryota Sakamoto

Hideaki Nishino

Makoto Kubo

Sumio Okada

Yutaka Kagiwada

Yoichi Numata

Hideaki Shinozuka

Toshiaki Enami

Chika Miura

A dialogue control system, comprising at least one processor configured to: acquire remark information about a remark of a user; control a plurality of dialogue generators each for generating, when the remark information is acquired, reply information about a reply to be made in response to the remark indicated by the remark information; and output the reply information generated by at least one of a plurality of dialogue generators, wherein the acquisition of the remark information and the output of the reply information are repeated so that a dialogue progresses, and wherein each of the plurality of dialogue generators is configured to generate new reply information based on the reply information that has been generated and output by another of the plurality of dialogue generators.

Dialogue control system, dialogue control method, and program

Wait location information acquisition means of a logistics system acquires wait location information on a wait location of each of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles. Remaining amount information acquisition means acquires remaining amount information on a remaining amount of a battery or fuel of each of the unmanned aerial vehicles. Package information acquisition means acquires package information on a collection destination and delivery destination of a package. Search means searches for an unmanned aerial vehicle with a remaining amount of the battery or fuel for delivering the package collected at the collection destination to the delivery destination based on the wait location information and remaining amount information on each of the unmanned aerial vehicles and the package information. Instruction means instincts the unmanned aerial vehicle retrieved by the search means to collect and deliver the package.

Logistics system, package delivery method, and program

The present invention relates to an application that is configured to be operated in a multi-participant environment on a computer network. The application manages participants in an online session of a multi-user application so that if one of the participants exits the session, the session can continue without interruption. The application initiates an online session of the multi-user application, wherein the online session includes two or more participants comprised of network computers that are communicatively linked to a computer network. If the application detects that a first participant has disconnected from the online session, wherein the first participant is responsible for managing certain managerial functionality associated with the running of the multi-user application, then the application broadcasts a notification to existing participants of the online session over the communication network, thereby notifying the existing participants that the first participant has disconnected from the online session. The initiating application then re-assigns the functionality associated with the first participant to an existing participant of the online session. The participants can be communicating in a peer-to-peer arrangement or can be performing server duties in a client-server arrangement.

Managing participants in an online session

There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of projecting an image to an appropriate projection destination while reducing work of a user in projection of an image, the information processing apparatus including: a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit configured to acquire 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and a projection control unit configured to decide a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed on the basis of the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit, an information processing method, and a program.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

A system and method for transferring ownership of disc storage media utilizing unique disc identification includes a disc storage medium with a permanently recorded disc identification, a user console with a set identification, a network, and a host server managing a user database and a disc database. Upon purchase of software stored on a disc storage medium, the unique disc identification and user identification are transmitted over the network from the user console to the host server. The host server grants the user console access permission to the programs residing on the disc storage medium and performs the disc ownership transfer transactions.

Method, medium, and system for managing transfer of content

An information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to perform control to detect leaving of a user from the information processing apparatus and transmit at least part of context information exchanged with the user until then to another apparatus. The information processing apparatus can improve user-friendliness by detecting behavior of a user and linking data with each other in advance between equipment to be operated by the user.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

In an information processing system, a speculative DL content information acceptoraccepts identification information of content selected by a server. A list generator generates a speculative DL list of the accepted content identification information. Based on the speculative DL list, a DL processor sets the time of start of download of content data and downloads the content data at the set time.

Information processing system and content download method

Managing transfer of content

There is provided an information processing device including a communication unit configured to receive editing information of content data, an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the editing information, and a control unit configured to control whether to return the editing information to an external device in accordance with a right to use content corresponding to a requestor's identification information included in request information for requesting the editing information, the request information being received from the external device via the communication unit.

Information processing device, control method, and storage medium

An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

User grouping apparatus and methods based on collected wireless IDs in association with location and time

A management server comprises: a control program storing unit which stores control programs of multiple types that correspond to respective user skill levels, which allow the user to remotely control an apparatus via a portable information terminal; a device information acquisition unit which acquires device information with respect to the apparatus to be controlled; a history acquisition unit which acquires the user's operation history; a control program judgment unit which judges the control program type to be transmitted based upon the operation history; and a version management unit which transmits the latest-version control program when a control program already transmitted to the portable information terminal does not match the latest version. When the latest-version control program is transmitted to the portable information terminal, the control program judgment unit again judges the control program type to be transmitted, based upon the user's operation history.

User support system, user support method, and management server for supporting user of portable information terminal

A community establishing site is connected to an information terminal via a network. When the user enters a search keyword into the information terminal, an entered-information acquiring unit acquires the search keyword through a web server, and registers it together with user information in a user information master. A community establishing unit extracts users who have entered the same search keyword, from the plurality of users registered in the user information master, and records them in a community information master, thereby establishing a community. An information extracting unit transmits the user information of other users who belong to the same community to the information terminal through the web server.

Information processing method, information processing system, and server

In an information search server, a database includes a table storing a progress status of content, and information related to the content at the progress status, and a table storing user information with respect to a content playback apparatus, an identifier of the content playback apparatus, and an identifier of a terminal apparatus that differs from the content playback apparatus. A connecting user management unit manages user information with respect to the content playback apparatus connected to the information search server. A related information acquisition unit acquires a current progress status of content being played back on the content playback apparatus, and acquires information related to the content at the current progress status. A connecting user management unit identifies a terminal apparatus that differs from the content playback apparatus, and the related information acquisition unit transmits the related information to the terminal apparatus.

Information search method, information search server, and information search system for providing content based on current progress status of content

An advertisement inserted in contents of, for example, a game does not serve its purpose after a while. An advertisement-information reception unit () receives an advertisement-space definition file (). The advertisement-space definition file () is a file that defines an advertisement space for an advertisement to be inserted when contents are displayed and an advertising agency is assigned to the advertisement space. An assignment changing unit () cancels the assignment of an advertising agency, whose license has expired, to the advertisement space even when the advertising agency is assigned to the advertising space in the advertisement-space definition file (). An advertisement downloading unit () downloads advertisement data to be inserted in the advertisement space from the server of the advertising agency validly assigned to the advertisement space. A rendering engine () inserts, when displaying the contents on a screen, the downloaded advertisement in the advertisement space and displays accordingly.

Content display processing apparatus and method of displaying advertisement in contents

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Masayuki Chatani