Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shimokawa

Atsushi Shimokawa 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).

  • Patent number: 7711380
    Abstract: Subject to user's setting in PoC group communication, the user address of that user is set to non notification against other users. In case of starting PoC group communication, a PoC subscriber selects non notification subjects and transmits a PoC session commencement request. At that time, the caller sets his own address and/or address/addresses of all or a part of users to non notification. On a user designated as a non notification subject due to the caller's setting, PoC terminal apparatuses in receipt of a PoC session commencement request or PoC communication service controlling apparatuses undergo non notification setting processing. On a called party not selected as non notification subject users, if he/she sets his/her own user address to non notification in advance, likewise non notification processing is implemented. Even after a PoC session is established, each user can set his/her own user address to non notification and non notification service complying with user's intention is providable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimokawa, Naomasa Yoshida, Atsushi Sato, Yosuke Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20060234692
    Abstract: Subject to user's setting in PoC group communication, the user address of that user is set to non notification against other users. In case of starting PoC group communication, a PoC subscriber selects non notification subjects and transmits a PoC session commencement request. At that time, the caller sets his own address and/or address/addresses of all or a part of users to non notification. On a user designated as a non notification subject due to the caller's setting, PoC terminal apparatuses in receipt of a PoC session commencement request or PoC communication service controlling apparatuses undergo non notification setting processing. On a called party not selected as non notification subject users, if he/she sets his/her own user address to non notification in advance, likewise non notification processing is implemented. Even after a PoC session is established, each user can set his/her own user address to non notification and non notification service complying with user's intention is providable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimokawa, Naomasa Yoshida, Atsushi Sato, Yosuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5963550
    Abstract: In order to provide a packet transfer scheme in which various data can easily be used commonly with other communication methods and a packet can be transferred at a high speed, a mobile communication system comprises a database (20) for storing an identification number of a mobile terminal (40) and location information indicating a zone in which the mobile terminal is currently located, a packet switch (10), and another packet switch (30) capable of communication when the mobile terminal (40) is located in a zone under the packet switch (30). The packet switch (10) inquires of the database (20) about the location information of the mobile terminal (40) when the packet switch (10) receives a packet addressed to the mobile terminal (40). When the mobile terminal (40) is located in the zone under the packet switch (30), the packet is transferred to the mobile terminal (40) through the packet switch (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Hirata, Masumi Sotoyama, Kimio Ikeda, Kazuo Sugiyama, Atsushi Shimokawa, Koji Yamamoto, Akihisa Nakajima