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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2023
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Philip Cockram, London, GB;
Michael Eder, London, GB;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of communication for a plurality of portable communication devices and a videogame console includes installing an app on a first portable communication device, the app adapted to cause the first portable communication device to carry out the steps of identifying a videogame console associated with a user of the first portable communication device, communicating with the videogame console using a first communication protocol supported by the videogame console to receive information from the videogame console, and communicating with one or more of the other of the plurality of portable communication devices using an second, different communication protocol common to the first portable communication device and the one or more other portable communication devices, to relay information from the videogame console.