Patent ID: 6582311
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A memory card device having an interface connectable to a video game apparatus, the device comprising:a first memory for storing data transferred from the video game apparatus as resultant data obtained through execution of a first program in the video game apparatus; a second memory for storing a second program; a control unit for controlling execution of the second program; a display unit for displaying information in accordance with the second program; an operation input unit for operating the second program; and a power supply unit for supplying power utilized for executing the second program, wherein the second program is down-loaded from the video game apparatus into the second memory through the interface connected between the second memory and the video game apparatus, and the second program down-loaded into the second memory and the first program executed at the video game apparatus are programs different from each other, and wherein the control unit executes the second program down-loaded into the second memory, and wherein attribute data utilized at the control unit under the second program is down-loaded into the second memory through the interface from the video game apparatus along with the second program, and the control unit has a function to vary the attribute data in accordance with input from the operation input unit.