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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Atsushi Shionozaki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/21 (2014.01); A63F 13/45 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/21 (2014.09); A63F 13/45 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 2250/02 (2013.01); A63F 2250/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a game space of a positional information game is controlled, a plurality of user terminals executing the positional information game to access the game space based on locations of the user terminals in a real space. Information of human activities regarding regions in the real space is obtained, the regions including at least a first region and a second region neighboring the first region. Whether the first region is unsafe is determined based on the obtained information of human activities. Responsive to the first region being determined as unsafe, a game content accessible at a virtual location in the game space that is associated with the second region is recognized, and the game users are notified of presence of the game content in the virtual location in the game space that is associated with the second region.


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