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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
May. 08, 2019
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Anton Mikhailov, Campbell, CA (US);
Richard Marks, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Eric Larsen, Foster City, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for managing multi-player interactivity with an interactive application is provided, including the following operations: determining locations of a first controller, a second controller, a first user, and a second user; pairing the first controller to the first user based on the location of the first controller and the location of the first user; pairing the second controller to the second user based on the location of the second controller and the location of the second user; presenting a split-screen view of the interactive application, wherein presenting the split-screen view includes setting positions of a first view and a second view within the split-screen view based on one or more of the locations of the first user, the second user, the first controller, or the second controller.