Information processing apparatus and application image distribution method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMasanori Nomura, Masahiro Fujihara
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Abstract
A game image generating section 120 generates a first image and a second image of an application. An image providing section 152 provides the first image to an output apparatus 4. A sharing processing section 160 streaming-distributes the second image to the sharing server. A display image generating section 150 may generate a display image including at least the first image and information associated with the second image. In addition, the sharing processing section 160 may instruct the application to generate the second image on the basis of a request from a viewing user.
Claims6
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a display image generating section configured to generate
- a display image including at least
- a first image to be viewed by a play user who is playing a game,
- a comment transmitted from a viewing user who is viewing a game played by the play user, and
- a second image that is an image of the same game as the first image but is different from the first image;
- and
- an image providing section configured to provide the display image to an output apparatus.
A game image displaying method comprising:
- generating a display image including at least a first image to be viewed by a play user who is playing a game, a comment transmitted from a viewing user who is viewing a game play by the play user, and a second image that is an image of the same game as the first image but is different from the first image;
- and
- providing the display image to an output apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program for a computer for generating a gaming image, the method comprising:
- by a display image generating section, generating a display image including at least a first image to be viewed by a play user who is playing a game, a comment transmitted from a viewing user who is viewing a game play by the play user, and a second image that is an image of the same game as the first image but is different from the first image;
- and
- by an image providing section, providing the display image to an output apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.