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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Seiichi Takamura, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuki Ohara, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); A63F 2300/577 (2013.01); A63F 2300/632 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus provide for a game server carrying out actions, including: generating a selection screen that presents a plurality of reproduction data items, each for reproducing a state of a respective point in time during execution of a game and allowing a user of a game device to select one of the reproduction data items, each reproduction data item representing a respective state of the game achieved by the user while engaged in game play on the game device, the selection screen presenting a first reproduction data item, which is one of the plurality of reproduction data items, in association with a second reproduction data item, wherein the selection screen provides an indication to the user of whether the second reproduction data item reproduces a state of a point in time at which the game has progressed with reference to the state reproduced by the first reproduction data item; and transmitting the generated selection screen to the game device over a network such that the game device may display the received selection screen on a display device.


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