TV game apparatus, apparatus having function of notifying user of incoming, and method therefor

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APP PUB NO 20010018364A1
SERIAL NO

09758347

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This invention provides a TV game apparatus capable of reliably notifying a user of incoming that has occurred during a game. The TV game apparatus includes a CD-ROM I/F portion, setting RAM I/F portion, controller I/F portion, AV I/F portion, and dial-up line I/F portion, and these I/F portions are controlled by a control portion. The control portion has a CPU for executing predetermined control and processing in accordance with a control program stored in a ROM. When incoming from a dial-up line is detected through the dial-up line I/F portion during a game, the control portion executes incoming notification processing of generating incoming notification information for notifying the user of this incoming and outputting the incoming notification information to a monitor through the AV I/F portion.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO

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Watanabe, Kazunari Kanagawa-ken, JP 55 399

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