Patent ID: 11904247
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a content image display section that displays a content image on a game screen of a user engaged in gameplay resulting from execution of an application game program; and
a system image display section that displays a system image superimposed on the content image of the game screen, wherein the system image display section includes a chat information display section that causes the system image to include information regarding a voice chat, including:
a chat icon superimposed over the content image of the game screen, where activation of the chat icon causes the system image to include a chat image superimposed over the content image of the game screen,
the chat image including any currently activated chat room in which the user is currently engaged, where activation of the chat image causes the system image to include a chat window superimposed over the content image of the game screen, and
the chat window including a selectable list of voice chat rooms for respective different game application programs from the application game program, where the user may select among the list of voice chat rooms and such selection causes the system image to change the chat window to display the selected chat room as currently active chat room and a list of members engaging in such currently active chat room.