Granted Patent B2

US 12,569,770 · App. 17/906,988 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventors: Kento Takura (Tokyo, JP); Tasuku Inui (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

A63F13/70H04W48/18

Abstract

Claims (27)

1 . An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive, from a terminal, a request for information that is necessary for game play of a game;

select, for a genre of the game for which the request for the information that is necessary for the game play is received, a slice based on a number of simultaneous connections of a plurality of terminals that includes the terminal;

assign, to the information, an identifier that indicates the slice to communicate the information from the information processing apparatus to the terminal; and

transmit, based on the assignment of the identifier that indicates the slice, the information to the terminal via a communication network.

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

the circuitry is further configured to select, for each genre of a plurality of genres corresponding to a plurality of games, the slice from a plurality of slices based on an accepted level of latency and a communication capacity necessary for game play associated with the each genre, and

the plurality of games includes the game.

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

the circuitry is further configured to execute the selection of the slice based on a communication traffic between the information processing apparatus and the terminal that is greater than or equal to a specified amount.

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

the circuitry is further configured to execute the selection of the slice in a case where a number of terminals from the plurality of terminals that each fail to communicate with the information processing apparatus is greater than or equal to a specific number.

5 . An information processing system, comprising:

a terminal that includes first circuitry configured to:

control transmission of a request for information, wherein the information is necessary for game play of a game; and

a server apparatus that includes second circuitry configured to:

receive, from the terminal, the request for the information that is necessary for the game play of the game;

select, for a genre of the game for which the request for the information is received, a slice based on a number of simultaneous connections of a plurality of terminals that includes the terminal;

assign, to the information, an identifier that indicates the slice to communicate the information from the server apparatus to the terminal; and

transmit, based on the assignment of the identifier that indicates the slice, the information to the terminal via a communication network.

6 . An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive, from a terminal, a request for information that is necessary for game play of a game;

select, for a genre of the game for which the request for the information that is necessary for the game play is received, a slice in a case where a number of terminals, from a plurality of terminals, that each fail to communicate with the information processing apparatus is greater than or equal to a specific number, wherein the plurality of terminals includes the terminal;

assign, to the information, an identifier that indicates the slice to communicate the information from the information processing apparatus to the terminal; and

transmit, based on the assignment of the identifier that indicates the slice, the information to the terminal via a communication network.

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