IP Library Granted Patent US 10,560,548
Granted Patent B2
US 10,560,548 · App. 14/598,761 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Delivery system, delivery method, and delivery program

Inventors: Takeshi Miura (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuo Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Daizo Nagahara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
H04L67/34
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Patent No.
US 10,560,548
App. No.
14/598,761
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a delivery system including a delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus includes a setting information acquisition section configured to acquire setting information set to a terminal on which an application is executed on the basis of the setting information, a terminal section configured to have at least part of functions of the terminal and execute an application in accordance with an instruction from the terminal on the basis of the setting information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, and a delivery section configured to deliver image information based on the execution of the application to one of the terminal and a terminal related to the terminal.

Claims (48)

1. A delivery system comprising:

a plurality of terminals;

a delivery apparatus, the delivery apparatus including

a setting information acquisition section configured to acquire, over a network, setting information specific for a gaming application from a plurality of gaming applications from a terminal from the plurality of terminals when a request is made to the delivery apparatus for execution of the gaming application, wherein the setting information is stored on the terminal from the plurality of terminals prior to execution of the gaming application, and

wherein the setting information includes execution requirements of the terminal for the gaming application which are used during execution of the gaming application by the delivery apparatus, and

wherein, for each of the plurality of gaming application, the setting information for gaming application is separately stored in association with the gaming application;

a terminal section configured to have at least part of functions of the terminal and execute the gaming application using a plurality of gaming application settings stored in the setting information, and

a delivery section configured to deliver image information from the executed gaming application to the terminal,

wherein the image information delivered to the terminal is modified based upon the execution requirements in the setting information for the gaming application, and

wherein the setting information includes information related with a system display language set to the terminal used to display text in the gaming application, and wherein the setting information includes information related with a system display language set to the terminal used to display text in the gaming application on the terminal.

2. The delivery system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a management apparatus,

wherein the management apparatus verifies the terminal using identification information acquired from the terminal prior to allowing the delivery apparatus to execute the gaming application.

3. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes operation-related information indicative of a correlation between a plurality of operation blocks included in an operation section connected to the terminal and a plurality of pieces of operation information used in the gaming application.

4. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes information related with a network bandwidth available to the terminal.

5. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes resolution information related with a resolution of the terminal.

6. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes time zone information related with a time zone in which the terminal is located.

7. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes display information indicative of whether display in a three-dimensional mode is enabled or not.

8. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes information related with allocation of controllers to ports included in controller ports in the terminal.

9. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the delivery apparatus includes

a mother board having functions of a PC server, and

a plurality of boards connected to the mother board and having at least part of functions of the terminal.

10. A delivery method comprising:

acquiring, over a network from a terminal, setting information specific for a gaming application from a plurality of a gaming applications from a terminal from the plurality of terminals when a request is made to the delivery apparatus for execution of the gaming application;

wherein the setting information is stored on the terminal from the plurality of terminals prior to execution of the gaming application,

wherein the setting information includes execution requirements for the terminal which is executing the gaming application on the terminal using the setting information,

wherein the setting information includes a plurality of gaming application settings used for executing the gaming application, and

wherein, for each of the plurality of gaming application, the setting information for each gaming application is separately stored in association with the gaming application; and

delivering image information based on the execution of the gaming application to one of the terminal and a terminal related to the terminal,

wherein the image information is modified based upon the execution requirements in the setting information specific for the gaming application, and

wherein the setting information includes a display language for the gaming application, and wherein the setting information includes a display language for the gaming application program.

11. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes a language of a prediction dictionary for use in character input in the gaming application program.

12. A delivery system comprising:

a first terminal;

a second terminal;

a delivery apparatus, the delivery apparatus comprising:

a setting information acquisition section configured to acquire, over a network, setting information specific for a gaming application from a plurality of gaming applications from the first terminal when a request is made to the delivery apparatus for execution of the gaming application,

wherein the setting information is stored on the first terminal prior to execution of the gaming application,

wherein the setting information includes execution requirements of the first terminal, execution requirements of the second terminal, and a network address of the second terminal,

wherein the execution requirements of the second terminal are used during execution of the gaming application by the delivery apparatus,

wherein, for each of the plurality of gaming applications, the setting information for each gaming application is separately stored in association with the gaming application, and

wherein the setting information includes information related with a system display language used to display text in the gaming application;

a terminal section configured to have at least part of functions of the second terminal and execute the gaming application using a plurality of gaming application settings stored in the setting information, and

a delivery section configured to deliver image information from the executed gaming application to the second terminal using the address of the second terminal,

wherein the image information delivered to the second terminal is modified based upon the execution requirements of the second terminal contained in the setting information specific for the gaming application.

13. The delivery system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the delivery apparatus compares a first user identity associated with the first terminal to a second user identity associated with the second terminal, and

wherein the delivery section only delivers image information to the second terminal if the first user identity matches the second user identity.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 050734/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2015
From: MIURA, TAKESHI; TANAKA, SHINICHI; WATANABE, TETSUO; NAGAHARA, DAIZO
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 034737/0386 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-014948 · Jan 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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