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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2023
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Emil Sannino, San Mateo, CA (US);

Shogo Suzuki, San Mateo, CA (US);

Andrew Lee, San Mateo, CA (US);

Bryce Botorowicz, San Mateo, CA (US);

David Gonzalez, San Mateo, CA (US);

Hiroaki Tano, San Mateo, CA (US);

Kazushi Yoshida, San Mateo, CA (US);

Toru Mineyama, San Mateo, CA (US);

Steve Agosten, San Mateo, CA (US);

William Scott Watson, San Mateo, CA (US);

Michael Starich, San Mateo, CA (US);

Joseph Kimura, San Mateo, CA (US);

Corbin Percy, San Mateo, CA (US);

Akshay Rao, San Mateo, CA (US);

Yu Aoki, San Mateo, CA (US);

Daisuke Nakayama, San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/573 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/86 (2014.09); A63F 13/573 (2014.09);
Abstract

Game-specific screen share features can be provided to viewers of a video game livestream. The viewers can control a themed or adaptive cursor presented to the gamer during gameplay, and can also provide themed or adaptive sentiment-based reactions to the gamer during gameplay. The cursor and reactions can then be surfaced to the gamer a number of ways and can even be tied back into the game execution environment itself.


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