1. An information processing apparatus capable of communication and exchanging images with another information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit to display an image; an operation unit to input an alphabet character and/or a numeral; and a controller to control the apparatus according to a process comprising: receiving a series of alphabet characters and/or numerals as input codes; selecting, from a display pattern dictionary including one or a plurality of images, a plurality of images including a start image, one or a plurality of transitional images and a target image corresponding to the input codes; displaying the start image on the display unit; updating the display of the start image into the one or the plurality of transitional images and the target image in turn in accordance with a sequence of the input codes; and a transmitting unit to transmit data corresponding to the target image to another information processing apparatus.