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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information providing medium

US6609147B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 8, 1999
Grant dateAug 19, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/572
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Communication between users not accessing a shared virtual reality space at the same time is realized. A client terminal sends a calling card and a mail. A hard disk drive of a mail server holds the calling card and the mail. When a user to whom the calling card and the mail are to be sent accesses the shared virtual reality space, the mail server transfers the calling card and the mail to the client terminal.

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