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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Olga Rudi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Kristine Young, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mahdi Azmandian, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jin Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sarah Karp, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sepideh Karimi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Elizabeth Juenger, San Mateo, CA (US);
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, San Mateo, CA (US);
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods and systems for cooperative or coached gameplay in virtual environments are disclosed. Memory may store a content control profile regarding a set of control input associated with an action in a virtual environment of a digital content title. A request may be received from a set of one or more users associated with different source devices regarding cooperative gameplay of the digital content title. At least one virtual avatar may be generated for an interactive session of the digital content title in response to the request. A plurality of control inputs may be received from the plurality of different source devices and combined into a combination set of control inputs. Generating the combination set of control input may be based on the content control profile. Virtual actions associated with the virtual avatar may be controlled within the virtual environment in accordance with the combination set of control inputs.