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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Satoru Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsushige Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsushige Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a virtual space system, it is made possible to freely set a region where a chat is recorded, without reducing a chat feasible region and complicating the system. A server is provided with user objects for holding latest position information of a transmitter in a virtual space and transmission region definition information for defining a transmission region, and chat reception objects for holding latest position information of application objects and reception region definition information for defining a reception region, and only contents of a chat issued from the transmitter in the reception region or only contents of a chat issued from the transmitter when the reception object enters the transmission region are stored in a chat storage file.