Virtual Content Element Substitution Under Licensing Constraints

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies limit the output of all elements constituting content when not permitted, leading to decreased experiential values for users.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that includes a condition acquisition unit, determination unit, and selection unit to determine if content elements meet output conditions and select alternative elements from candidates when necessary, ensuring compliance with licensing and user preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If all elements constituting content are limited when content is not permitted to be generated, then compliance with licensing is ensured, but user experiential value decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance with licensingVSAvoiduser experiential value
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides content into multiple selectable elements (e.g., avatar components, items, backgrounds) that can be independently controlled. When content generation is restricted, the system segments the content selection process to allow users to choose from alternative elements that meet licensing requirements, rather than blocking all content selection entirely.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes the available parameter options for content elements based on licensing status. When a content element cannot be generated, the system modifies the selection parameters to present alternative elements that satisfy the same user need while complying with licensing constraints, thereby maintaining user experience through parameter substitution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If alternative content is provided when elements do not meet output conditions, then user experience is maintained, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing alternative element relationships and output conditions before content generation is requested. The management server stores information about alternative elements and their conditions in advance, so when content elements need to be selected, the system can quickly retrieve and present appropriate alternatives without complex real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The management server acts as an intermediary between the content generation system and licensing constraints. It receives content element selection requests, checks output conditions, and returns appropriate elements or alternatives, thereby shielding the user interface from the complexity of licensing verification and alternative selection logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4693207A1Information processing device, information processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2026.02.11 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

Provided is an information processing device including a condition acquisition unit that acquires an output condition related to output of content in a virtual space, a determination unit that determines whether or not at least one element of multiple elements constituting the content output in the virtual space meets the output condition, in reference to information related to the output condition, and a selection unit that selects, in a case of determination that at least one element of the multiple elements does not meet the output condition, an alternative element to be used instead of the element not meeting the output condition from alternative element candidates.