Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication system, communication method, program and information storage medium
- Patent Title (中): 通信系统,通信方式,程序和信息存储介质
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Application No.: US14940557Application Date: 2015-11-13
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Publication No.: US09398417B2Publication Date: 2016-07-19
- Inventor: Kenji Kaido , Eiichi Nishina , Shohei Konno , Tomohiro Hasekura , Takamasa Shichisawa , Keigo Tsuchiya
- Applicant: Sony Corporation , Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: JP2010-152531 20100702
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/4788 ; H04N21/63 ; H04W4/18 ; H04N21/414

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus provide for a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section for obtaining positions from a plurality of user terminals, and a nearby user distributing section for selecting, under the condition that the nearby user distributing section obtains a position of a specified user terminal, one or more of the plurality of user terminals corresponding to the position obtained from the specified user terminal and the positions obtained from the plurality of user terminals and providing the specified user terminal with information on the selected one or more of the plurality of user terminals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160073237A1 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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