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Granted Patent B2
US 11,951,392 · App. 18/096,608 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Information processing apparatus and inputting apparatus for sharing image data

Inventors: Tomoki Takaichi (Tokyo, JP); Kiyobumi Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Toshimasa Aoki (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Matsuzawa (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,951,392
App. No.
18/096,608
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus provide for: generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device; recording the image data generated by the image generating unit; and receiving operation information from an input device, where the recording includes storing the image data for an application for a predetermined period of time up to the point in time at which operation information is received during the receiving operation information from a specific input unit provided in the input device while displaying an application image.

Claims (54)

1. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to

generate image data for an application to be displayed on an output device;

record the image data in memory;

receive operation information from a second information processing system that includes a user interface, wherein

the circuitry stores the image data for the application for a predetermined period of time up to a point in time at which the operation information is received from the second information processing system while the output device continues to display an application image.

2. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to record the image data in a background.

3. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to store image data for the application for the predetermined period of time as editable data.

4. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the operation information received from the second information processing system is for system software of the information processing device.

5. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the application is a game application configured to be executed by the information processing apparatus.

6. The information processing system of claim 5 , wherein

the image data corresponds to game play images produced by the circuitry during execution of the game application by the information processing apparatus.

7. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein

the operation information received from the second information processing system corresponds to an operation to share the game play images produced by the circuitry.

8. The information processing system of claim 7 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to transmit the game play images produced by the circuitry to a third information processing system.

9. The information processing system of claim 8 , wherein

the third information processing system is one or more servers of a social networking service (SNS).

10. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the information processing system is a server communicatively coupled to the second information processing system via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network.

11. The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein

the circuitry comprises a central processing unit (CPU).

12. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the information processing system includes a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the second information processing system via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network.

13. The information processing system of claim 12 , wherein

the circuitry includes a plurality of central processing units (CPUs) communicatively coupled to one another and the second information processing system via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network.

14. The information processing system of claim 1 , comprising:

the second information processing system device, wherein

the second information processing system includes the user interface.

15. The information processing system of claim 14 , wherein

the second information processing system including the user interface is at least one of a video game controller and a mobile terminal communicatively coupled to the circuitry via at least one or more wired or wireless networks.

16. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the second information processing system is a gaming console, and

the user interface is a gaming controller that is communicatively coupled to the gaming console.

17. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein

the second information processing system includes the output device and the user interface.

18. The information processing system of claim 1 , comprising:

the circuitry; and

the second information processing system, wherein

the second information processing system includes the user interface and is communicatively coupled to the circuitry via one or more wired and wireless networks.

19. A method performed by an information processing system, the method comprising:

generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device;

recording the image data; and

receiving operation information from an input device, wherein

the recording includes storing the image data for the application for a predetermined period of time up to a point in time at which the operation information is received while the output device continues to display an application image.

20. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to execute a game application and generate image data for the game application to be displayed;

memory configured to store the image data;

a communication interface configured to receive operation information corresponding to a user input received at an electronic device, wherein

the circuitry is configured to perform control to store the image data for the game application for a predetermined period of time up to a point in time at which the operation information is received from the electronic device.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-243801 · Nov 5, 2012 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17315968 · May 10, 2021
Continuation 16682155 · Nov 13, 2019
Continuation 14438398
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