This month's Platforms & Ecosystems category includes 2 filed patent applications, both from Sony.
Sony's filings cover two distinct areas of gaming platform technology. One application describes a method for applying updates to game binaries during an active session, allowing patches to take effect without interrupting play or triggering loading stops. The other outlines a geofencing-based parental control system for online gaming, where parents can limit a child's interactions to players located within a defined real-world geographic radius.
Sony received 2 patents in this batch, covering two distinct areas of gaming platform technology. The first describes a method for injecting compiled code patches directly into a game that is already running, allowing updates to take effect mid-session without halting execution or forcing the player through a restart. The second outlines a parental control system that ties a child's online multiplayer interactions to real-world geography, using GPS-based geofencing to limit who they can connect with to players within a defined physical radius. Rather than relying on static allow or deny lists, the system applies layered zone rules and can use the proximity of a secondary device as a way to verify a child's location.
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