Patent ID: 9421471
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A game apparatus having a communicator, an imager, a memory device configured to store data relating character data with code data and a displayer, comprising: a character data receiver which receives character data from a connectable predetermined computer via said communicator; a code data acquirer which acquires code data by imaging a predetermined image by said imager, the code data being two dimensions matrix code coded character data; a character data calculator which calculates character data from the code data acquired by said code data acquirer based on said stored data relating character data with code data; a storer which stores the received character data or the calculated character data in a first character memory area; a character generator which generates a character corresponding to the character data received by said character data receiver or the character data calculated by said character data calculator; an executer which executes game processing by displaying the character generated by said character generator on said displayer; a selector which selects predetermined character data out of the character data stored in said first character memory area in response to an operation by a user; a determiner which determines whether the selected predetermined character data is in a state where the predetermined character data selected by said selector may be transmitted based on a state of a transmission allowable flag which depends on character information data of the selected character; a code data calculator which calculates code data from the selected predetermined character data when it is determined by said determiner that the selected predetermined character data is in the state where said predetermined character data selected by said selector may be transmitted; and an outputter which outputs at least the calculated code data.