Patent ID: 11880633
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by an information processing apparatus that is connected to a peripheral apparatus including a sound inputting unit for outputting a sound signal representative of sound of surroundings, causes the information processing apparatus to carry out actions, comprising:
accepting a sound signal outputted from the peripheral apparatus;
cutting off the sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus; and
performing control such that, in a case where sound input is required in processing of an application determined in advance, in a state in which a sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus is cut off by the cutting off, the cutting off includes accepting the sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus and the sound signal is used only in the processing of the application determined in advance.