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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Ken Yoshihiko Hirakawa, San Mateo, CA (US);
Keisuke Saito, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel Morales, San Mateo, CA (US);
Dilip Krishnamoorthi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Keith D. Brown, San Mateo, CA (US);
Takuya Kawasaki, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A technique presents on a display a computer game character and a first scannable code (SC) scannable by a camera of at least a first user apparatus to cause a server to download to the first user apparatus a photo app operable to generate a photo of a first user and send the photo to the server, which alters the character in accordance with the photo. The character with the face altered is presented along with a second SC that can be scanned to cause the server to download to the first user apparatus a share app operable to select a second user apparatus to send an image of the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo such that the second user apparatus can display the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo. User options may be provided to alter the character or game.