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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Kawamura, Foster City, CA (US);
Ikuo Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2006.01); A63F 13/53 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/655 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/85 (2014.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2013.01); A63F 13/53 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/655 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/85 (2014.09); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acquisition unitacquires from a server a status of a friend user. A menu image generation unitgenerates a menu image including an icon. A user image placement unitplaces, on the periphery of the icon, images of friend users whose statuses acquired by the acquisition unitare related to the icon. The icon is an icon representing content, and the user image placement unitplaces, on the periphery of the icon, an image of a friend user currently performing the content.