Patent ID: 11899755
Assignee: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method of managing music rights for a virtual environment, the method comprising:
retrieving character information from a character database, where the character information is associated with an acquiring character associated with a virtual environment, and the character information includes character rights information;
retrieving music information from a music database, where the music information is associated with a song, and the music information includes music rights information;
updating the character rights information based on the music information;
updating the music rights information based on the character information;
receiving first user action information from a first client through a network, where the first user action information indicates the song, and where the first client is associated with a first user;
updating the character information based on the first user action information;
sending the updated character information to a second client through the network, where the second client is associated with a second user.