Text communication device

• US 20020035467A1
• Filed: 09/20/2001
• Published: 03/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega
• Inventors: Miyoshi, Takao, Morimoto, Kenjiro
• Application Number:
  US09/956,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20020035467A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/50 characterized by details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/572 Communication between players during game play of non game information, e.g. e-mail, chat, file transfer, streaming of audio and streaming of video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/807 Role playing or strategy games
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation

Abstract

Provided is a text communication device enabling the enjoyment of chatting in a game space such that a dialog according to the personality of the game character is output. In a text communication device connected to a network and capable of communicating at least by text, the selection of terms corresponding to the character and prompt delivery of messages are sought by sorting a group of candidate terms prepared in advance for the communication of messages pursuant to the attribute of the character to be the subject of the conversation, and selecting terms for chatting therefrom. The communication between different languages is also facilitated.

Claims

1. A text communication device which at least communicates messages by text with the opponent'"'"'s communication device connected to a network, comprising:

storage means for storing a group of candidate terms prepared in advance for said message communication and defining and storing in advance attributes capable of being the subject among said candidate terms;

transmission/reception means for communicating with said opponent'"'"'s communication device via said network;

display means for displaying said group of candidate terms prepared for said message communication on the screen of a screen indicator;

term selection means for selecting the candidate term displayed on said screen in accordance with operations;

predicate selection means for selecting a plurality of candidate terms corresponding to an attribute when the selected candidate term has said attribute and displaying said plurality of candidate terms on the screen of said indicator; and

editing means for sending the selected candidate terms to said transmission/reception means.

2. A text communication device according to claim 1, wherein said terms include subject, predicate, noun, verb, object and complement.

3. A text communication device according to claim 1, wherein said opponent'"'"'s communication device is a host computer system which executes a program of a communicative game for deploying a game in response to the access from a plurality of game terminal devices comprising the text communication function, or a communication device operated by a participant in said communicative game.

4. A text communication device according to claim 1, wherein said subject is the name of the game character or game player.

5. A text communication device according to claim 1, wherein said attribute includes at least the personality or gender of the game character.

6. A text communication device according to claim 5, which selects one among a predicative noun, verb, object, complement or fixed sentence based on said gender.

7. A text communication device according to claim 5, which selects one among a predicative noun, verb, object, complement or fixed sentence upon converting the terms of different languages based on said gender.

8. A communicative game device which at least communicates messages by text with the opponent'"'"'s communication device connected to a network, comprising:

storage means for storing a group of candidate terms prepared in advance for said message communication and defining and storing in advance attributes capable of being the subject among said candidate terms;

transmission/reception means for communicating with said opponent'"'"'s communication device via said network;

candidate display means for displaying said group of candidate terms prepared for said message communication on the screen of a screen indicator;

term selection means for selecting the candidate term displayed on said screen in accordance with operations;

predicate selection means for selecting a plurality of candidate terms corresponding to an attribute when the selected candidate term has said attribute and displaying said plurality of candidate terms on the screen of said indicator; and

editing means for sending the selected candidate terms to said transmission/reception means.

9. A game device according to claim 8, wherein said candidate display means and/or said predicate selection means selects a group of candidate terms to be displayed on the screen of said indicator in correspondence with the game scene.

10. A game device according to claim 8, wherein the screen of said indicator is a game screen.