System for managing object in virtual space
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsHiroki Kato, Yoichiro Serita
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Abstract
An object management device using at least partially the object in the virtual space, which is divided into ordered partial space regions, as a target of management, wherein the object used as the management target has an ordering key which is defined in relation to an order related to a partial space region and calculated by a client device, and by using this ordering key, the object which is used for management is selectively defined among objects as candidates for the target of the management.
Claims8
An object management system, comprising:
- a virtual space divided into an ordered plurality of partial spaces;
- at least one object management device comprising an object management unit for managing at least one object allocated in a target region formed of a sequential order of partial spaces in the virtual space;
- at least one client device specifying a partial space including a position where the object is to be allocated, and instructing the at least one object management device to allocate the object in the specified partial space of the virtual space, wherein
- the at least one object management device, in response to the allocation instruction, determines whether or not the specified partial space is included in the target region based on the ordering relation of partial spaces, and
- the at least one object management device allocates the object in the specified position of the partial space when the partial space is determined to be included in the target region.
An object management device, comprising:
- an object management unit for managing at least one object allocated in a target region formed of a sequential order of partial spaces in the virtual space divided into an ordered plurality of partial spaces;
- a request receiving unit for receiving an allocation instruction specifying the partial space including a position where the object is to be allocated;
- a determination unit for determining, in response to the allocation instruction, whether or not the specified partial space is included in the target region based on the ordering relation of partial spaces;
- and
- an object allocation unit for allocating the object in the specified position of the partial space when the partial space is determined to be included in the target region.
An object management method, comprising:
- managing at least one object allocated in a target region formed of a sequential order of partial spaces in the virtual space divided into an ordered plurality of partial spaces;
- receiving an allocation instruction specifying the partial space including a position where the object is to be allocated;
- determining, in response to the allocation instruction, whether or not the specified partial space is included in the target region based on the ordering relation of partial spaces;
- and
- allocating the object in the specified position of the partial space when the partial space is determined to be included in the target region.
A computer-readable recording medium having instructions stored therein which when executed, cause a computer to implement a process comprising:
- managing at least one object allocated in a target region formed of a sequential order of partial spaces in the virtual space divided into an ordered plurality of partial spaces;
- receiving an allocation instruction specifying the partial space including a position where the object is to be allocated;
- determining, in response to the allocation instruction, whether or not the specified partial space is included in the target region based on the ordering relation of partial spaces;
- and,
- allocating the object in the specified position of the partial space when the partial space is determined to be included in the target region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.