Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Entertainment device and method
- Patent Title (中): 娱乐设备和方法
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Application No.: US12527933Application Date: 2008-02-29
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Publication No.: US08632408B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: Tomas Owen Gillo , Scott Christopher Waugaman , Mitchell Goodwin , Mark Horneff , Nick Ryan
- Applicant: Tomas Owen Gillo , Scott Christopher Waugaman , Mitchell Goodwin , Mark Horneff , Nick Ryan
- Applicant Address: GB
- Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
- Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Priority: GB0703974.6 20070301; GB0704225.2 20070305
- International Application: PCT/GB2008/000678 WO 20080229
- International Announcement: WO2008/104782 WO 20080904
- Main IPC: A63F13/00
- IPC: A63F13/00

Abstract:
An entertainment device operable to connect to a first on-line virtual environment comprises a group membership selector operable to select members of a group of entertainment devices connected to a first on-line virtual environment comprising a plurality of connected entertainment devices, a server evaluator operable to evaluate a plurality of servers of a second on-line virtual environment according to one or more criteria while the entertainment device is connected to the first on-line virtual environment, a server selector operable to select at least a first server of the second on-line virtual environment based upon the evaluation while the entertainment device is connected to the first on-line virtual environment, and a storage arrangement operable to cause the storage of server selection data defining the selected server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120071244A1 ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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