# US 12,223,609 B2 · Information processing device, information processing system, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,609 B2 - Document ID: US12223609B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/922,224 - Filed: 2021-04-28 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-07 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation; Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation; Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Masashi Nakata; Takashi Imamura; Mihee Kang; Masatoshi Fukuda; Yoshio Konno; Junichi Tanaka; Takuma Domae - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223609B2 ## CPC - G06F 21/10: Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material (protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16) {; Digital rights management [DRM]} - G06F 13/00: Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units (interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 {; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46}; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16 ) - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 20/1235: {with control of digital rights management [DRM]} - G06Q 30/018: Certifying business or products - G06Q 50/10: Services - G06Q 50/184: {Intellectual property management} - G06T 19/20: Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts - G06V 20/20: in augmented reality scenes - G06V 40/20: Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) - G06F 2221/2141: Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices - G06Q 2220/18: Licensing - G06T 2219/2004: Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A right holder information checking unit (55) (checking unit) of a content checking device (12) (information processing device) checks whether content (45) posted by a poster (40) to a virtual space in which one or more pieces of content can be shared has right holder information indicating that the content is appropriate content permitted to be posted by the right holder of the content (45). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device including a checking unit configured to check information on content posted by a poster in a virtual space in which one or more pieces of content can be shared, a retention parameter setting unit configured to set, for content posted in the virtual space, a retention parameter for keeping the content posted, and a replacement possibility determination unit configured to determine whether content already posted in the virtual space can be replaced with the content posted by the poster based on the retention parameter set for the content posted in the virtual space, wherein the checking unit checks whether the posted content has right holder information, and wherein the checking unit, the retention parameter setting unit, and the replacement possibility determination unit are each implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the checking unit is further configured to check the information on the content based on at least one of a video, an image, and an audio constituting the posted content, and supplementary information attached to the content. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the supplementary information includes at least one of a recording date and time, a recording location, or a source of the content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, further including a viewer information acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information and behavior information of a viewer of the content posted in the virtual space, wherein the checking unit is further configured to check the information on the posted content by further using the operation information and the behavior information acquired by the viewer information acquisition unit, and wherein the viewer information acquisition unit is implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing device according to claim 4, further including a rating determination unit configured to determine a rating for the content posted by the poster based on the behavior information of the viewer acquired by the viewer information acquisition unit, wherein the rating determination unit is implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing device according to claim 5, further including an arrangement position change instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to change an arrangement position of the content posted by the poster in the virtual space based on the rating from the rating determination unit, wherein the arrangement position change instruction unit is implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the information processing device identifies the content being viewed by the viewer based on the behavior information of the viewer acquired by the viewer information acquisition unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, further including a viewing information acquisition unit configured to acquire viewing information indicating that the posted content has been viewed, and a viewing fee calculation unit configured to add a viewing fee to be paid to the poster who has posted the content based on the viewing information acquired by the viewing information acquisition unit, wherein the viewing information acquisition unit and the viewing fee calculation unit are each implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the viewing fee calculation unit is further configured to add a higher viewing fee for content posted by a poster who has a high rating. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, further including a post information acquisition unit configured to acquire the content posted by the poster in the virtual space, and an arrangement position setting unit configured to set an arrangement position of the content in the virtual space on condition that the checking unit has checked the information on the content, wherein the post information acquisition unit and the arrangement position setting unit are each implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein the post information acquisition unit is further configured to acquire information obtained by editing material data which is a material of the content and is stored in a server device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, further including a post information transmission unit configured to transmit the content to the checking unit, wherein the post information transmission unit is implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the replacement possibility determination unit is further configured to determine whether the content already posted in the virtual space can be replaced with the content posted by the poster based on a replacement parameter set for the poster. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein the replacement possibility determination unit is further configured to determine that the content already posted in the virtual space can be replaced with the content posted by the poster on condition that replacement power to replace the content, which is determined by the replacement parameter, is larger than retention power to retain the content, which is determined by the retention parameter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein the retention parameter is set based on a state of the posted content or a rating of a viewer for the posted content. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein the replacement parameter is set based on a number of times the poster has posted content or a rating of the viewer for the content posted by the poster. ### Claim 17 An information processing system including: a virtual space generation device configured to acquire content posted by a poster in a virtual space, and places the content in the virtual space on condition that the content has right holder information; and a content checking device configured to check information on the content posted in the virtual space, wherein the virtual space generation device is further configured to set, for content posted in the virtual space, a retention parameter for keeping the content posted, and determine whether content already posted in the virtual space can be replaced with the content posted by the poster based on the retention parameter set for the content posted in the virtual space, and wherein the virtual space generation device and the content checking device are each implemented via at least one processor. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising: checking information on content posted by a poster in a virtual space in which one or more pieces of content can be shared so as to check right holder information of the posted content; setting, for content posted in the virtual space, a retention parameter for keeping the content posted; and determining whether content already posted in the virtual space can be replaced with the content posted by the poster based on the retention parameter set for the content posted in the virtual space.