Information processing device, information processing method, display device, and display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12131004-B2
Application number	US-202017777617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2020
Priority date	Nov 27, 2019
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires, from a terminal device, input information input to the terminal device by a user; a generation unit that generates content of displaying an input item of each of functions including a corresponding input item that is an input item corresponding to the input information; and a transmission unit that transmits the content generated by the generation unit to the terminal device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
acquisition circuitry configured to acquire, from a terminal device, first input information input to the terminal device by a user;
determination circuitry configured to
determine, from among a plurality of input items available in the information processing device, a first corresponding input item corresponding to the first input information, and
determine, from among a plurality of functions available in the information processing device, a plurality of candidate functions that relate to the first corresponding input item, each of the plurality of functions having at least one input item each to be provided with a parameter input by the user;

generation circuitry configured to generate content of displaying input items relating to at least one of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as relating to the first corresponding input item; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the content generated by the generation circuitry to the terminal device, wherein
the acquisition circuitry is further configured to acquire, from the terminal device, second input information input to the terminal device by the user,
the determination circuitry is further configured to determine a second corresponding input item corresponding to the second input information, and determine a subset of the plurality of candidate functions that additionally relate to the second corresponding input item,
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate modified content of displaying input items relating to the subset of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as additionally relating to the second corresponding input item, and
the transmitter is further configured to transmit the modified content to the terminal device.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate the content of displaying a union of the input items relating to at least one of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as relating to the first corresponding input item.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate, in a case where a first input item that relates to a first candidate function relating to the first corresponding input item and a second input item that relates to a second candidate function also relating to the first corresponding input item are common, the content of displaying the first input item and the second input item as one input item.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate the content of further displaying a parameter corresponding to the first corresponding input item based on the first input information together with the first corresponding input item.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate the content of further displaying each of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as relating to the first corresponding input item, together with the input item of each of the plurality of candidate functions.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate the content of displaying the first corresponding input item in a manner of being distinguishable from the other input items displayed in the content.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation circuitry is further configured to generate content of a dialog box into which a parameter corresponding to the first corresponding input item is input, and
the transmitter is further configured to transmit the content of the dialog box generated by the generation circuitry to the terminal device.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the acquisition circuitry is further configured to acquire the first and second input information input to the terminal device by voice by the user.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the acquisition circuitry is further configured to acquire the first and second input information input to the terminal device by operation by the user.

10. An information processing method executed by an information processing device, the method comprising:
acquiring, from a terminal device, first input information input to the terminal device by a user;
determining, from among a plurality of input items available in the information processing device, a first corresponding input item corresponding to the first input information;
determining, from among a plurality of functions available in the information processing device, a plurality of candidate functions that relate to the first corresponding input item, each of the plurality of functions having at least one input item each to be provided with a parameter to be input by the user;
generating content of displaying input items relating to at least one of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as relating to the first corresponding input item; and
transmitting the content to the terminal device, wherein
the method further comprises
acquiring, from the terminal device, second input information input to the terminal device by the user,
determining a second corresponding input item corresponding to the second input information,
determining a subset of the plurality of candidate functions that additionally relate to the second corresponding input item,
generating modified content of displaying input items relating to the subset of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as additionally relating to the second corresponding input item, and
transmitting the modified content to the terminal device.

11. A display device comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit, to a server device, first input information input by a user, and cause the server device to determine, from among a plurality of input items available in the server device, a first corresponding input item corresponding to the first input information transmitted by the transmitter, and further determine, from among a plurality of functions available in the server device, a plurality of candidate functions that relate to the first corresponding input item, each of the plurality of functions having at least one input item each to be provided with a parameter input by the user;
receiving circuitry configured to receive, from the server device, content of displaying input items relating to at least one of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as relating to the first corresponding input item; and
a display configured to display the content received by the receiving circuitry, wherein
the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the server device, second input information input by the user and cause the server device to determine a second corresponding input item corresponding to the second input information, and further determine a subset of the plurality of candidate functions that additionally relate to the second corresponding input item,
the receiving circuitry is further configured to receive, from the server device, modified content of displaying input items relating to the subset of the plurality of candidate functions that are determined as additionally relating to the second corresponding input item, and
the display is further configured to display the modified content received by the receiving circuitry.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Taki Yuhei
• Iwase Hiro
• Sawai Kunihito
• Saito Mari
• Takase Masaki
• Miyashita Akira

Classifications

• G06F3/167

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• G06F3/04847

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• A63F2300/308

  Details of the user interface · CPC title

• A63F13/533

  for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu · CPC title

• A63F13/35

  Details of game servers · CPC title