Patent ID: 7203908

Claim:
A character communication device connected to a network and enabling communication at least by characters, comprising: transmitting and receiving means for implementing a communication of messages with a communication device of a counterpart of the communication via said network; communication content displaying means for displaying in a communication content displaying area of a screen display a content of the communication with said communication device of said counterpart; candidate term displaying means for displaying in a candidate term displaying area of said screen display a group of candidate terms prepared in advance for the communication of said messages; term selecting means for outputting a term selected by a communicator out of said group of candidate terms; message forming means for serially displaying a plurality of output terms in a message editing area of said screen display, thereby forming a message and sending the formed message to said transmitting and receiving means; and candidate category switching means for switching between sets of candidate terms, wherein said sets of candidate terms include at least one group of candidate terms, and wherein said sets of candidate terms are classified according to at least one of a set of names of said participants in the game, and a plurality of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, inflections, symbols, or user-registered short sentences that are related to the game.