Patent ID: 11880922
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An agent providing method comprising:
providing by an agent providing system, when newly providing an agent to a cyberspace in which a plurality of agents is allowed to be registered, an agent that is separated by a certain amount or more in terms of appearance or voice from an agent already registered in the cyberspace;
providing, when newly providing an agent for a specified user to a private cyberspace accessible by the specified user, an agent that is separated by a certain amount or more from an appearance or a voice of an agent that is already registered in the private cyberspace and used by the specified user;
providing, when providing for a first user an agent for a specified purpose having a first appearance or a first voice, the agent for the specified purpose having a second appearance or a second voice different from the first appearance or the first voice when the first appearance or the first voice is not separated by a certain amount or more from either an appearance or a voice of the agent already held by the first user; and
providing, when providing the agent for the specified purpose for a second user, the agent for the specified purpose with the first appearance or the first voice kept when appearances or voices of all agents already held by the second user are separated by a certain amount or more from the first appearance or the first voice.