Sony patents live-stream cursors that change shape based on game action
Sony has patented a system that lets viewers of a game livestream control a cursor on the player's screen. This cursor changes its appearance automatically to match the current situation in the game, such as the level or environment.
In the filing’s own words
Game-specific screen share features can be provided to viewers of a video game livestream. The viewers can control a themed or adaptive cursor presented to the gamer during gameplay, and can also provide themed or adaptive sentiment-based reactions to the gamer during gameplay. The cursor and reactions can then be surfaced to the gamer a number of ways and can even be tied back into the game execution environment itself.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor assembly programmed with instructions to: execute a computer game on a first device; receive raw game state data which includes at least one of metadata, video data, or audio data from which an ongoing game context for the computer game can be determined; receive input from a second device that is viewing a livestream of the computer game but that is not controlling a character of the computer game, the input comprising a cursor control command; and based on the input, cause a presentation of an output on a display associated with the first device, wherein the input comprises the cursor control command, and wherein the output comprises a cursor being presented in an appearance transformable based on the raw game state data matching a change of the ongoing game context for the computer game.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- Adaptive screen share pointer and reactions during gameplay
- Patent number
- US12752199B2
- Application number
- 18493987
- Filed
- Oct 25, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 16
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63F 13/86 Human necessitiesA63F 13/573 Human necessitiesMore from Sony in Games & media
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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