| 发明名称 | Switching operation of an entertainment device and method thereof | ||
| 摘要 | A server for administering an on-line virtual environment comprises a data communication arrangement and a processor. The data communication arrangement receives a signal from a first entertainment device in communication with an instance of the virtual environment. The signal indicates that a user of that device has performed a predetermined action. The processor determines the availability of a second entertainment device, and is operable to switch the second device from a second instance of the virtual environment to the first instance of the virtual environment. The data communication arrangement is operable, if the second device is available, to transmit a signal to the first device indicating that a software controlled avatar within that instance should change modes to represent a user of the second device. The processor is operable to transfer control of a previously software controlled avatar within that instance of the virtual environment to the second device. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9345970(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.05.24 |
| 申请号 | US201414174148 | 申请日期 | 2014.02.06 |
| 申请人 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited | 发明人 | Ealey Douglas R. |
| 分类号 | A63F13/30;A63F13/31;A63F13/00 | 主分类号 | A63F13/30 |
| 代理机构 | Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP | 代理人 | Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A method of operation of a server, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a signal from a first entertainment device indicating that a user of the first entertainment device in data communication with a first one of a plurality of substantially similar instances of an on-line virtual environment has performed a predetermined action; determining, by the one or more processors, the availability of a second entertainment device, and if that device is available: switching the second entertainment device from a second instance of the plurality of substantially similar instances of the on-line virtual environment to the first instance of the on-line virtual environment, in response to the received signal from the first entertainment device; transmitting a signal to the first entertainment device indicating that one or more software controlled avatars should change mode to represent one or more additional users; and transferring, by the one or more processors, control of a previously software controlled avatar within the first instance of the on-line virtual environment to the second entertainment device. | ||
| 地址 | GB | ||