Patents by Inventor Akihiro Shinomura

Akihiro Shinomura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Home delivery method, home-delivery server and recording medium
    Publication number: 20020032572
    Abstract: A home-delivery method is provided in which the efficiency of delivering parcels can be improved, and a receiver can receive a parcel at a convenient day and time in a convenient place. The method comprises steps of registering consignment information of a parcel to be received by a receiver in a home-delivery server (#14), transmitting parcel information from the home-delivery server to a terminal of the receiver after the consignment information is registered in the home-delivery server and before the parcel is delivered (#15), receiving information about a day, a time and a convenience store that the receiver designates for receiving the parcel by the home-delivery server (#16), and delivering a collected parcel to the convenience store that is designated by the receiver (#17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Ikemori, Akihiro Shinomura, Masanori Mori