Patent ID: 6717522
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G06Q,G09F

Abstract:
A message providing apparatus to which a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device which stores message data containing at least one of a still image, moving image, character, graphic and sound is able to be detachably mounted, the message providing apparatus comprising:a sound output device which reproduces the sound read from said semiconductor memory device which is mounted to the apparatus; and a display device which displays the images, character or graphic read from said semiconductor memory device which is mounted to the apparatus, wherein said nonvolative semiconductor memory device further stores software identification data, the apparatus further comprising, an identification memory which stores a hardware identification data of said apparatus, a collator which detects whether the software identification read from the semiconductor memory device which is mounted to the apparatus corresponds to the hardware identification read from the identification memory; and wherein said sound output device reproduces the sound included in the message read from said semiconductor memory device when said collator detects that the software identification corresponds to the hardware identification, and said display device displays the still image, moving image, character and graphic included in the message read from said semiconductor memory device when said collator detects that the software identification corresponds to the hardware identification.