This month's Streaming & Broadcasting category includes 1 granted patent, filed by Sony.
The patent covers technology that allows livestream viewers to control a themed in-game cursor and send sentiment reactions during a broadcast. Sony's patent describes how those reactions can appear on the streamer's screen, trigger haptic feedback, and potentially alter game state or award trophies to participants.
Sony received 1 patent describing a system that connects livestream viewers directly to the game environment a streamer is playing in real time. Rather than simply displaying chat messages or overlays, the technology maps viewer cursor commands and emotional reactions into visual and haptic outputs on the player's screen, with the system aware of what is happening in the game at any given moment. Viewer permissions can rotate among participants, reactions must meet certain thresholds before they affect playback, and the system can lock out cursor control during cutscenes or specific game events. Trophies and rewards can also be extended to viewers whose inputs are promoted into actual in-game actions.
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