Sony patents game bots that mimic real player behavior
Sony describes a method for creating non-player characters (NPCs) in cooperative video games by analyzing a human player's profile. The system uses specific attribute values from the player's history to define how the bot behaves, effectively turning a player's style into a digital stand-in.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a method for creating a Non-Player Character, NPC, in a cooperative video game. The method comprises accessing, based on a user input of a user, a dataset representing a player profile of a human player of the cooperative video game. The player profile includes a set of attribute values indicating a playing behavior of the human player. The method further comprises creating the NPC based on the set of attribute values.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for creating a non-player character, NPC, in a cooperative video game, the method comprising: accessing, based on a user input of a user, a dataset representing a player profile of a human player of the cooperative video game, the player profile including a set of attribute values indicating a playing behavior of the human player; and creating the NPC based on the set of attribute values.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A NON-PLAYER CHARACTER IN A COOPERATIVE VIDEO GAME AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PLAYER PROFILE IN A COOPERATIVE VIDEO GAME
- Publication number
- US20260257137A1
- Application number
- 19155701
- Filed
- Mar 12, 2024
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63F 13/67 Human necessitiesA63F 13/71 Human necessitiesA63F 13/73 Human necessitiesA63F 13/75 Human necessitiesA63F 13/79 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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