Patent ID: 11972044
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A system for providing gaze-based controls, the system comprising:
a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
monitor one or more images captured regarding a first user in a real-world environment during a current interactive session with a first user device, and
identify facial data regarding the first user in the images indicating that the first user is currently focused on a virtual object in a virtual environment; and

a communication interface that communicates with the first user device and a second user device associated with a second user over a communication network, wherein the communication interface:
sends a first command to the second user device associated with the second user based on the identified facial data focused on the virtual object, wherein the first command is executable by the second user device to display a first set of options;
receives data from the second user device that corresponds to a selection from the first set of options; and
provides a set of audio-visual (AV) content to the first user device based on the selection from the first set of options.