Patent ID: 7522912

Claim:
A character service apparatus for a wireless terminal, comprising: a character content database for storing characters and storing lists of characters purchased by associated subscribers on a subscriber-by-subscriber basis; a character content server, connected to a data communication network, for downloading character information to a connected data-terminal, registering a character purchased by the data terminal in a character list for an associated data terminal, and accessing a character registered in a character list for an associated terminal in the character content database to download the accessed character when a transmission request is made; and a data terminal for accessing the character content server through the data communication network, displaying downloaded character information, sending a purchase request for a character selected by a user to the character content server, and downloading a purchased character; wherein the wireless terminal receives the character purchased by the data terminal, and uses the character for screen information to be displayed when the wireless terminal is in a specific state, and wherein the data terminal purchases an avatar from an Avatar Shop, purchases an item from the Item Shop, arranges the purchased avatar and item in a My Avatar, and generates a House screen when the wireless terminal is in a specific state.