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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

May. 22, 2023
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/843 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/54 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/843 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/52 (2014.09); A63F 13/54 (2014.09);
Abstract

A method of executing a multiplayer video game includes: connecting a game client to a game server via a communication network; for each player, executing an instance of a game on the game server to generate a game environment; synchronizing game data between multiple instances of the game to link the generated game environments; transmitting user inputs to the game server to initiate interactive gameplay; for each player, generating a video stream of the linked game environment from the player's perspective; and mixing the video streams for individual players into split screen view during a split screen mode.


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