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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Kenji Kaido, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Nishina, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Hasekura, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Konno, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kaido, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Nishina, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Hasekura, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Konno, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A position coordinate receiving section obtains a position from a user terminal. A nearby user distributing section provides information about a source user terminal to a recipient user terminal. The nearby user distributing section controls whether or not to provide the information about the source user terminal to the recipient user terminal based on a position that is obtained from the recipient user terminal and a position obtained from the source user terminal. The position obtained from the source user terminal that is used in the control is a position outside an area set by a user of the source user terminal. Accordingly, a user is provided a way to prevent other users from knowing that the user is in a place specified by the user.