Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US10130890B2/en
Timestamp: 2020-04-02 20:52:07
Document Index: 357530342

Matched Legal Cases: ['application No. 201180038417', 'Application No. 201410839989', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 11814620']

US10130890B2 - Game device - Google Patents
US10130890B2
US10130890B2 US13/813,518 US201113813518A US10130890B2 US 10130890 B2 US10130890 B2 US 10130890B2 US 201113813518 A US201113813518 A US 201113813518A US 10130890 B2 US10130890 B2 US 10130890B2
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US20130130794A1 (en
2010-08-05 Priority to JP2010-176773 priority Critical
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2010-08-05 Priority to JP2010-176771 priority
2010-08-05 Priority to JP2010176772A priority patent/JP2012038042A/en
2010-08-05 Priority to JP2010-176772 priority
2010-08-05 Priority to JP2010176773A priority patent/JP2012034793A/en
2011-08-01 Priority to PCT/JP2011/067622 priority patent/WO2012017995A1/en
2011-08-01 Application filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc filed Critical Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc
2013-01-31 Assigned to SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. reassignment SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: FUJIHARA, MASAHIRO, OSHIMA, TAKENORI, TAMURA, KEIGO
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2018-11-20 Publication of US10130890B2 publication Critical patent/US10130890B2/en
FIG. 1 A schematic view of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 A configuration diagram of a game device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 A functional block diagram illustrating functions realized by the game system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 A flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing when distribution starts.
FIG. 5 A view illustrating an example of a display image displayed by a distribution source device.
FIG. 6 A view illustrating an example of distribution source device information managed by a distribution management server.
FIG. 7 A view illustrating an example of a display image displayed by a reception-side device.
1. A game device having a processor comprising:
a selection unit for receiving, from a user of the game device, selection information for selecting a motion image from a plurality of candidate motion images displayed on a display unit of the game device,
wherein the plurality of candidate motion images are received from a distribution source, and
wherein each candidate motion image represents the content of play of the a game by another user of another game device,
a display control unit that receives, using the processor, the selected motion image from the another game device and controls the display unit to display the received selected motion image;
wherein the another game device that distributed the selected motion image displayed on the display unit of the game device comprises:
a distribution unit for distributing information on a state of the game being executed to the distribution source;
the game execution unit generates a game image for play to be displayed on a display of the another game device,
after the user of the game device selects the selected motion image, generates a game image for distribution different from the game image for play,
wherein the game image for distribution is used for distribution by the distribution unit,
wherein the game execution unit can selectively switch between viewing the game image for distribution and the game image for play for viewing on a display of the game execution unit;
wherein the distribution unit distributes, to the game device, the game image for distribution.
2. The game device according to claim 1, further comprising a message reception unit that receives a message including information for identifying the another game device.
3. The game device according to claim 1, further comprising a message transmission unit that transmits a message, which is input by a user of the game device regarding the distributed information, to the another game device,
4. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:
the distribution source device distributes the information on the state of the game to a plurality of other game devices.
5. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:
the motion image is a motion image representing the content of current play of the game that is being executed by the another user; and
a participation request unit that transmits a participation request in the current play of the game that is being executed by the another user to the distribution source device in response to the reception of the predetermined operation input,
and, upon acceptance of the participation request, the distribution unit distributes the game image for play instead of the game image for distribution to the game device.
6. The game device according to claim 5, wherein:
7. The game device according to claim 5, further comprising a game execution unit that executes a game application,
wherein when the game subject to the participation request has not previously been executed by the game device, participation in the game in response to the participation request is restricted based on a predetermined condition.
8. The game device according to claim 5, further comprising:
9. The game device according to claim 5, wherein the game execution unit generates a second game image for distribution different than the game image for distribution, and
wherein the second game image for distribution is transmitted to a second game device.
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