Patent ID: 11878250
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A content modification system comprising:
a content receiving unit operable to receive content comprising a virtual environment and one or more active elements;
an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more users;
an element addition unit operable to generate one or more virtual elements within the virtual environment in response to the received inputs, the virtual elements being unable to be interacted with by the one or more active elements; and
a content generation unit operable to generate modified content comprising the virtual environment, the one or more active elements, and the one or more generated virtual elements,
wherein the virtual elements are able to be interacted with by one or more spectators of content comprising the virtual environment,
wherein the virtual elements comprise information about one or more aspects of the virtual environment, elements within the virtual environment, and/or events within the virtual environment, where such information is accessible via at least one of the one or more users and the one or more spectators interacting with the virtual elements, and
wherein the active elements are player-controlled elements, and the one or more users are non-player users.