Patent ID: 7912500

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a computer device for simulating a development of a virtual living being; an input device for controlling the development of the virtual living being; a display device for outputting a development status of the virtual living being; and an integrated digital camera for photographing an object that is accessible to the virtual living being as a virtual object to influence the development of the virtual living being, wherein a communication function of the mobile communication device is restricted on to accepting incoming calls and receiving messages and to dialing-up certain pre-definable telephone numbers for preventing undesired communication functions when the mobile communication device is given to a child by parents, wherein the restriction of the mobile communication device is only changed or lifted by entering a password which is only known to the parents, wherein the development status of the virtual living being is output by an animated image and an acoustic sound produced by a loudspeaker, or wherein the development status of the virtual living being is output by bar charts each bar chart representing development progress, state of health, and stress load, and wherein the mobile communication device is configure to switch between the two different outputs of the development status of the virtual living being.