IP Library Granted Patent US 12663909
Granted Patent B2
US 12663909 · App. 18/576,989 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Inventors: Masamoto Horikawa (Tokyo, JP); Naomasa Takahashi (Chiba, JP); Yoichi Hirota (Kanagawa, JP); Yasunari Ikeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
A63F13/79H04L67/131
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Patent No.
US 12663909
App. No.
18/576,989
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of improving convenience of a user who is allowed to sequentially log in to a plurality of virtual spaces. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation result for a first user obtained by evaluating an action history of the first user in a first virtual space; and a service control unit that controls provision, to the first user, of a service according to the evaluation result for the first user, in a second virtual space different from the first virtual space.

Claims (44)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire an evaluation result for a first user obtained by evaluating an action history of the first user in a first virtual space; and

control provision, to the first user, of a service according to the evaluation result for the first user, in a second virtual space different from the first virtual space.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry controls the provision of the service by increasing a restriction imposed on an action of the first user in the second virtual space as the evaluation result for the first user is lower.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry increases the restriction imposed on the action of the first user by reducing resources allocated to the action of the first user in the second virtual space.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry increases the restriction imposed on the action of the first user by decreasing a range in which the first user is allowed to act in the second virtual space.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry restricts or stops the provision of the service to the first user on a basis of a fact that the circuitry has been controlled not to execute the provision, to the first user, of the service according to the evaluation result for the first user.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the action history of the first user includes creation of a virtual object by the first user, and is evaluated on a basis of evaluation for the creation of the virtual object from one or a plurality of users different from the first user.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the action history of the first user is evaluated higher as the evaluation from the one or the plurality of users different from the first user is higher.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the action history of the first user includes statement information on the first user, and is evaluated on a basis of a frequency of a first word included in the statement information on the first user.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the action history of the first user is evaluated higher as the frequency of the first word included in the statement information on the first user is lower.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

a word included in statements made for a certain user by other users are extracted as the first word on a basis of a fact that the statements have been detected in an amount exceeding a predetermined amount per unit time.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the action history of the first user includes information regarding handling of a controller by the first user, and the action history of the first user is evaluated on a basis of the information regarding the handling of the controller by the first user.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

whether or not to provide the service according to the evaluation result for the first user to the first user in the second virtual space is controlled on a basis of a determination result obtained by determining whether or not there is fraud in at least any one of the action history of the first user in the first virtual space or the evaluation result for the first user obtained by evaluating the action history of the first user.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

whether or not there is fraud in the evaluation result for the first user is determined.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

whether or not there is fraud in the evaluation result for the first user is determined on a basis of a difference between the evaluation result for the first user and the evaluation result for a second user whose action history has similarity to the action history of the first user higher than first similarity, or a difference between the action history of the first user and the action history of a third user whose evaluation result has similarity to the evaluation result for the first user higher than second similarity.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

whether or not there is fraud in the evaluation result for the first user is determined on a basis of whether or not the difference between the evaluation result for the first user and the evaluation result for the second user or the difference between the action history of the first user and the action history of the third user is larger than a threshold value.

16 . The determination apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

whether or not there is fraud in the action history of the first user is determined.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

whether or not there is fraud in the action history of the first user is determined on a basis of an index of unnaturalness of the action history newly added for the first user with respect to the action history of the first user until then.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein

whether or not there is fraud in the action history of the first user is determined on a basis of whether or not the index of unnaturalness is larger than a threshold value.

19 . An information processing method comprising:

acquiring an evaluation result for a first user obtained by evaluating an action history of the first user in a first virtual space; and

controlling, by a processor, provision, to the first user, of a service according to the evaluation result for the first user, in a second virtual space different from the first virtual space.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising

acquiring an evaluation result for a first user obtained by evaluating an action history of the first user in a first virtual space; and

controlling provision, to the first user, of a service according to the evaluation result for the first user, in a second virtual space different from the first virtual space.