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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Iwanami, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a client device, an information processing system, a storage medium, and an information processing method capable of distributing, to both parties, virtual currency that generates value through gratitude act. A client device including: a detection unit configured to detect an act of expressing gratitude by a user; a communication unit configured to transmit and receive at least a first portion of virtual currency; and a control unit configured to perform control, with recognition of an act of expressing gratitude by a first user on the basis of data detected, such that a certain amount corresponding to the act in virtual currency held by the first user is subtracted and a first portion of the certain amount of the virtual currency is managed as gratitude currency held by the first user, the control unit being configured to cause the communication unit to transmit peripherally a second portion of the certain amount of the virtual currency as information regarding gratitude reception currency, the control unit being configured to perform control, with reception of information regarding gratitude reception currency after detection of an act of expressing gratitude by a second user on the basis of data detected, such that the gratitude reception currency indicated by the information regarding the gratitude reception currency is managed as gratitude reception currency held by the first user.