Apparatus and method for improved presentation of objects in a distributed interactive simulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8823701
APP PUB NO 20130120364A1
SERIAL NO

13463764

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Systems and methods for substantially contemporaneously presenting a distributed simulation at multiple computing devices. A first computing device controls an object in the simulation. A second computing device generates a visual representation of the object associated with a visual status. The second computing device generates a predicted status and receives an update including new status from the first computing device. A portion of the predicted status is set equal to a portion of the new status, and a discrepancy between the predicted and visual statuses is determined. When the discrepancy is greater than a first threshold, at least one velocity of the predicted status may be modified. When the discrepancy is greater than a second threshold, the visual status is modified based at least in part on the predicted status. A new visual representation of the object is rendered based at least in part on the visual status, and displayed.

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SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC2207 BRIDGEPOINTE PKWY SAN MATEO CA 94404

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aldridge, David Scott Kirkland, US 1 13
Butcher, Christopher Charles John Seattle, US 2 36
Timmins, Luke Wilson Sammamish, US 3 125

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