Patents by Inventor Akimichi Kurihara

Akimichi Kurihara 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).

  • Correspondence education system and correspondence education method
    Publication number: 20040005059
    Abstract: A correspondence education system in which a terminal apparatus and an information processing apparatus are connected to each other via a network includes: authentication communication means disposed in the terminal apparatus for performing authentication processing on the basis of human body characteristics of a student and transmitting a predetermined authentication signal to the information processing apparatus via the network only when a positive result of the authentication processing is obtained; and control means disposed in the information processing apparatus for transmitting teaching material data representing lecture contents according to a predetermined educational program to the terminal apparatus via the network on the basis of the authentication signal received from the authentication communication means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Suzuki, Takeshi Funahashi, Akimichi Kurihara