Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Network America LLC

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Shunsuke Kunieda

Yoshimitsu Funabashi

Shigeru Enomoto

Kae Nagano

Akio Ohba

Jun Watanabe

Ryuji Yamamoto

Shuji Hiramatsu

Toru Morita

Daisuke Kawamura

Yumiko Tanaka

Toshiyuki Katsumoto

Tyler Daniel

Hiroyuki Yoshizu

Munetaka Tsuda

Makoto Kawamura

Takashi Kawakami

Hideki Toshikage

Steven Patrick Trombetta

Keiichi Yoshioka

Shingo Utsuki

Masayoshi Miura

Masayoshi Mizuno

Brian W Johnson

Takayuki Usami

Shigeki Yamamoto

Yuji Murakami

Yukinori Kita

Natsuo Ito

Jorge Furuya

Erika Ohno

Mitsuhiro Nishibe

Kazunori Ueda

Wivat Kruawongwanich

Brian Johnson

This disclosure describes techniques for providing notifications regarding relevant and trending digital content. For example, these techniques include identifying an instance of content accessible over a network as relevant content, monitoring a volume of activity associated with the relevant content over a period of time, comparing the volume of activity over the time period to a threshold level, and sending a notification to a client device when the volume of activity exceeds the threshold level.

Providing activity notifications regarding digital content

The subject disclosure relates to methods for making user activity recommendations. In some aspects, a process of the technology can include operations for receiving a free-to-play indication, the free-to-play indication specifying availability of a user associated with a media system, retrieving, via the network interface, peer information indicating an availability of one or more online peers of the user, and retrieving, via the network interface, activity information indicating one or more activities available to the user, and at least one of the online peers. In some aspects method can further include operations for providing an activity recommendation to the user based on the peer information and the activity information, wherein the activity recommendation includes a suggestion of at least one activity that can be conducted by the user with the media system. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.

System and method for making free-to-play and activity suggestions

The present disclosure describes methods and systems directed towards the generation of various in-game reactions based on different types of interruptions that may occur in the real-world. The present invention is able to monitor and detect when the various interruptions in the real-world occur. Based on the type and assigned importance of the interruption, a corresponding in-game reaction can be provided to the user to inform the user of the interruption. Depending on the importance of the real-world interruption, instructions can also be generated for the user device associated with the game. These instructions can allow the user to step away from the game without causing an interruption with other players playing within the same game.

In-game reactions to interruptions

A gaming server and method for generating context-aware gaming information are disclosed, which includes receipt of a view request from a first gaming device associated with a first user, by the gaming server. The view request includes a request to view a gaming profile of a second user. Based on the received view request, one or more circuits of the gaming server detects an entry point event from a plurality of defined entry point events to access the gaming profile of the second user. The one or more circuits are configured to generate context-aware gaming information of the second user based on the detected entry point event on the first gaming device. Further, a display of the generated context-aware gaming information within the gaming profile of the second user may be controlled on the first gaming device, based on the received view request.

Gaming server and method to generate context-aware gaming information

Implementations generally relate to the sharing of media content. In some implementations, a method includes providing a grid view in a user interface, where the grid view displays media content items that have been shared in a network. The method also includes providing a gallery view in response to a user selecting a media content item among the media content items in the grid view, where the gallery view displays the selected media content item. The method also includes providing a share menu view in response to the user selecting a re-share button, where the share menu view displays options for sharing the selected media content item. The method also includes providing a comment view, where the comment view enables the user to comment on the selected media content item. The method also includes re-sharing the selected media content item to other users.

Re-sharing media content on a network

A user operates a GUI with a thumb and an index finger while holding an information processing device with left and right hands. The GUI screen image displays a directional keys input area at the lower left on the screen image, a button input area at the lower right on the screen image, an L/Lbutton input area at the upper left on the screen image, and an R/Rbutton input area at the upper right on the screen image. The L/Land the R/Rbutton input areas are in the form of circle sectors, whereby the center angles of the circle sectors are at right angles of the two upper corners of the screen, and by internally dividing the center angles further so as to divide the sectors into two sectors respectively, the Land Lbuttons, and the Rand Rbuttons are distinguished.

Method and apparatus for area-efficient graphical user interface

A GUI screen image is a standard screen image, and displays a first combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the directional keys and a GUI of a joystick, and a second combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the four-type operation buttons and a GUI of a joystick, at the lower left and at the lower right on the screen image, respectively. Depending on an area in the first combined GUI area or in the second combined GUI area to which a user newly touches, which of the combined GUI to be used is determined and a screen image is switched, and if a finger or a thumb detaches, the screen image switches back.

An acquisition unit acquires a content image corresponding to content. A content image display unit arranges a plurality of content images side by side in a display screen image, and a related information display unit displays information related to an arranged content image. A first reception unit acquires a first moving instruction for the content images arranged side by side, and a second reception unit acquires a second moving instruction for the content images arranged side by side. The content image display unit moves the content images according to a moving instruction acquired by the first reception unit or the second reception unit. A related information display unit displays different types of related information when the first reception unit acquires the first moving instruction and when the second reception unit acquires the second moving instruction.

Electronic device, method of displaying display item, and search processing method

Display panel or screen with graphical user interface

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Tokyo, Japan

Shunsuke Kunieda