US 20020015027A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2002/0015027 Al
Lee et al. (43) Pub. Date: Feb. 7,2002
(54) CHIP EMBEDDED TRADING CARD,
RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING
APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND MESSAGE
BUILDING METHOD
(76) Inventors: Kang-hun Lee, Seoul (KR); Wan-sun Hong, Seoul (KR); Kyung-woo Ko,
Incheon Metropolitan City (KR)
Correspondence Address:
STAAS & HALSEY LLP
700 11TH STREET, NW
SUITE 500
WASHINGTON, DC 20001 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 09/867,697
(22) Filed: May 31, 2001
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Jun. 9, 2000 (KR) 00-31837
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G09G 5/00; G09F 1/00
(52) U.S. CI 345/204; 40/124.01
(57) ABSTRACT
A system and method including a trading card and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus recording and/or reproducing subject-related data to/from the trading card, wherein the subject-related data comprises picture information characterizing a subject or reminding a user ol the subject. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a transmission and reception unit transmitting subject-related data to and receiving subject-related data from the trading card and a memory unit storing the subject-related data provided through the transmission and reception unit. Akey controller in the recording and/or reproducing apparatus inputs a user's manipulation commands and a decoder decodes the picture information from the subject-related data stored in the memory and generating a video signal corresponding to the picture information. A display unit displays the video signal.
