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Information processing system, information processing method and apparatus, and information serving medium

US6820112B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 2000
Grant dateNov 16, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An AO server 100, shared server 105 and a client PC 110 are connected to one another via the Internet to build virtual community space accessible from a plurality of client PCs 110, 120, 130, 140, .. . A movement interpretation node 112 for a virtual living object 111 is provided at the client PC 110 for example, and an object management node 102 for the virtual living object 101 (111) in the virtual community space is provided at the AO server 100. Thus, the movement and structure of an object in a virtual space can freely be changed or modified.

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