Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Translation of code
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-16
2001-07-17
Chaki, Kakali (Department: 2122)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Translation of code
C345S215000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06263499
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to communication devices and methods and recording mediums which contain a communication program, and more particularly to upgrading functions of software used in the communication device and method by communicating with an external device depending on the status of use of a program stored in the communication device and a user's skill level of manipulating the program.
2. Background Art
A user can repeatedly play several games installed in a conventional electronic notebook having a game function. However, the procedures for playing the respective games and the contents of the respective games are unchanged and the procedures for advancing the respective games are predetermined. Thus, once the processes of playing all the respective games are mastered, the results of playing the respective games will be known before the respective games are started or in the course of progress of the respective games. Thus, interest would be lost.
That is, once the user masters several functions provided in a conventional electronic device, the user can not obtain new functions, and an interest in the use of such electronic device would be lost.
Recently, application software having various functions have been developed one after another and their functions are increasing in number and have become complicated, which is very convenient to a user who has become familiar with those software applications, but bad effects such as an increase unnecessary functions and difficult operations and a reduction in processing speed have been produced on beginners or the users who use only the basic functions.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide communication devices and methods and recording mediums which contain a communication program which obtains new functions sequentially by communication with an external device to increase an interest in using such communication devices and methods and the recording medium and to perform processing operations, using functions depending on a user's manipulative level.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a communication device which sends a predetermined signal to an external communication device, which when same receives the predetermined signal, sends the first-mentioned communication device a releasing signal to release the first-mentioned communication device from inhibition of fulfillment of at least one function, comprising:
function storage means which contains data on at least one function to be fulfilled in the first-mentioned communication device;
use status storage means for storing use status data representing the status of use of the first-mentioned communication device;
communication executing means for executing communication with the external communication device;
sending means responsive to the communication executing means executing communication for sending the external communication device the use status data on the first-mentioned communication device stored in the status storage means; and
control means responsive to the releasing signal which the external communication device has sent in response to the use status data sent by the sending means for reading function data stored in the function storage means and for fulfilling a corresponding function.
Thus, according to the present invention, the processing is not determined by the functions provided initially in the notebook, but new functions are sequentially obtained to thereby increase an interest in the use of the notebook. Only functions depending on the user's manipulative level are obtained, so that the inventive communication device is easy to handle.
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Nakamura Toshiki
Ueda Tatsuya
Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
Chaki Kakali
Frishauf, Holtz Goodman, Langer & Chick, P.C.
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