| 摘要 |
The invention provides an information providing system, apparatus and method as well as a data recording medium by which the user can frequently communicate with a character which is an electronic pet as an imaginary living body and virtually lives in an electric equipment so that the user can operate the electric equipment with increased interest and happiness. The information providing system includes a plurality of electric equipments connected to each other for transmitting and receiving character data therebetween. Each electric equipment includes a character system for processing the character data, representation means for representing a character to indicate a representation to a user of the electric equipment, and connection means for establishing connection to another one of the electric equipments. The character data are transmitted and received in such a manner as to move between the electric equipments through the connection means. The character system processes the character data based on character representation data for providing the character with a predetermined representation, and the representation means provides information from the character to the user.
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