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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hanaya, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 ;
Abstract
A plurality of users can share a virtual life object and breed the same. A growth parameter control table is stored in a hard disk of an AO server. When a predetermined event is inputted from a client PC 1 or PC 2, a growth parameter, in the growth parameter control table, corresponding to the inputted event is updated. According to the updated growth parameter, the client PC 1 or PC 2 changes the state of the virtual life object existing in a shared virtual space.