US 6,560,511 B1 · Electronic pet system, network system, robot, and storage medium

Abstract

An electronic pet with more reality using various types of devices. Specifically, a virtual electronic pet 202 and a pet-type robot 204 change the state of the emotion and the state of the instinct as the internal state of the electronic pet (information included in pet characteristic information 203) in accordance with surrounding information and internal information, and act in accordance with the state of the emotion and the state of the instinct. Transmission/reception of the internal state of the electronic pet (pet characteristic information 203) is made possible among the virtual electronic pet 202, the pet-type robot 204, and a personal computer 201. Thus, the action of the electronic pet is implemented by each device in accordance with the internal state of the electronic pet changed by another equipment.

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Dependent claims

A network system comprising:

one or more implementation devices having transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving the internal state of a living body object, which is changed in accordance with input information and is information for causing the living body object to act, and the identification information of the living body object, thus implementing the living body object;
a server device having management means for managing the internal state of the living body object and the identification information of the living body object, and transmission/reception means for transmitting/receiving at least the internal state and the identification information;
wherein the implementation devices and the server device are connected with each other via a network.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic pet system, network system, robot, and storage medium

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Electronic pet system, network system, robot, and storage medium

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Abstract

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