Patent ID: 7233988
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A data communication device for data communication with a plurality of other data communication devices, comprising: a reception circuit receiving data, a storage circuit connected to said reception circuit, storing said received data, a transmission circuit connected to said storage circuit, transmitting an announce signal to said plurality of other data communication devices within a communication range, and, upon receipt of a response to the announce signal by a second data communication device among said plurality of other data communication devices, transmitting said data stored in said storage circuit to the second data communication device, a control unit connected to said storage circuit, controlling said storage circuit so that upon transmission of the data stored in said storage circuit to the second data communication device, the transmitted data is deleted from said storage circuit, wherein said data includes appendix data stored so as to be displayed to a user of the second data communication device, a display circuit displaying said appendix data, wherein said appendix data includes data representing a virtual character, and a modify circuit modifying said appendix data so as to change the virtual character displayed at said display circuit.