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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Victoria Dorn, San Mateo, CA (US);

Tomoyo Kimura, San Mateo, CA (US);

Regina Huricks-Trapp, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jing Li, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/53 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/53 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09);
Abstract

Methods and systems for modifying game content include providing content of a video game to a first user. A request is received from a second user for accessing the video game. Responsive to the request, behavior of the first user is determined and content representing the second user is modified to hide the identity of the second user. The modified content representing the second user is included with content of the video game presented to the first user, and the unmodified content representing the second user is included with content of the video game presented to the second user.


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