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Patent No.:

US 10967262 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2012

Information processing apparatus and information processing system for permitting a first user to join in executing game software of a second user over a network

Applicant:

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Imai, Tokyo, JP;

Shigeru Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Saito, Tokyo, JP;

Toshimasa Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

Justin L Myhr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/48 (2014.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/40 (2014.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); A63F 13/323 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); A63F 13/61 (2014.01); A63F 13/71 (2014.01); A63F 13/355 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/48 (2014.09); A63F 13/10 (2013.01); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/323 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/61 (2014.09); A63F 13/71 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); A63F 13/355 (2014.09); A63F 2300/209 (2013.01); A63F 2300/552 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5533 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5566 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6009 (2013.01);
Abstract

When an acquisition unit acquires image data of a game being played on another information processing apparatus, a display processing unit displays, using the acquired image data, an image of game play. A participation processing unit allows a user to join the game being played on the other information processing apparatus, and an execution unit activates game software after it is determined that the user joins the game. While the execution unit is activating the game software, the display processing unit continues to display the image of the game play.

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