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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Joshua M. Eads, San Mateo, CA (US);
Matthew D. Bennett, San Mateo, CA (US);
Brendan Matera Rehon, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mahdi Azmandian, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zhenhao Ge, San Mateo, CA (US);
Todd Tokubo, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/67 (2013.12); A63F 13/45 (2013.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/67 (2014.09); A63F 13/45 (2014.09);
Abstract
The performance of a player of a computer game is noted and the player accorded a latency handicap based thereon. The latency handicap is used to slow down play of the computer game, preferably only during times of high player activity. The latency handicap can be reduced over time or owing to improvement in the player's performance.