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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Michael A. Kavallierou, Burgess Hill, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); H04N 5/9305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of video content synchronisation includes the steps of displaying a video content item on a first display, generating a virtual environment separate from the video content item for display, detecting a predetermined cue associated with a predetermined time in the playback of the video content item, and displaying at least part of the virtual environment, but not on the first display, where the displayed state of the at least part of the virtual environment changes in response to the detected predetermined cue.