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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Koichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is disclosed which is connected to a server along with other information processing apparatuses through a network and which is supplied with a shared virtual space. The apparatus comprises an inputting element for allowing a user to input strings of characters constituting a chat carried on via an avatar which is active in the shared virtual space as an incarnation of the user, a transmitting element for transmitting strings of characters input through the inputting element to the server as character data, a converting element for converting the character data coming from the server into audio data, and an outputting element for audibly outputting the audio data converted by the converting element.