ANIMATED VIRTUAL AGENT DISPLAYING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL AGENT, AND MEDIUM FOR STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL AGENT

A method and apparatus for processing attached E-mail data and storage medium for processing a program for attached data in which, in sending/receiving an E-mail using a virtual pet displayed on a real world oriented GUI screen as an agent, in which parameters controlling the behavior of the agent are processed on the side of a server and returned to the user to enable the user to change the agent behavior. A user appends agent parameters to an E-mail to send the resulting mail to a pre-set address. An Internet service provider receives the E-mail to judge whether the title (Subject:) of the mail header is (cocktail lounge). If the title is the cocktail lounge, the physical power parameter of the agent parameter is lowered to append it to the E-mail Magneto-optical disc to send the mail back to the user. On the user side, the tipsy behavior of the drunken pet is displayed on the basis of the agent parameters appended to the E-mail Magneto-optical disc.