Information processing apparatus and method for displaying weather data as a background for an electronic pet in a virtual space

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PATENT NO 6748326
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09689581

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An information processing apparatus and method as well as a program storage medium wherein the weather of a real space is reflected on the weather of a virtual space. A plurality of personal computers can communicate data with a weather server over a display section. The weather server provides the look of the sky imaged by a video camera as weather information. Each of the personal computers displays, for example, when it is operating with an application for an electronic pet, a weather of a virtual space in which an electronic pet lives based on the weather information provided from the weather server.

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SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO 108-0075

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goto, Hiroshi Kanagawa, JP 282 4041
Noma, Tsunetake Tokyo, JP 10 365
Yokoo, Naohiro Kanagawa, JP 7 675

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