Patent ID: 6975315

Claim:
An information processing method for management of information on objects placed in a 3-dimensional virtual space, the method comprising: configuring a storage element to store information related to a sensing object, information related to one or more sensed objects, information related to a sensing area, information related to a transmitting object, information related to one or more receiving objects, and information related to a transmission area, wherein said sensing area is used for said sensing object to sense said information related to said one or more sensed objects within said sensing area, wherein said transmission area is used for said transmitting object to transmit said information related to said transmitting object to said one or more receiving objects within said transmission area, and wherein at least one of said sensing object and transmitting object is associated with a server; and configuring a processor coupled to said storage element to selectively set said sensing area and said transmission area, wherein said transmitting object is said sensing object.