Patents by Inventor Chihiro SUGIOKA

Chihiro SUGIOKA 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).

  • Server, distribution information generation method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 9531821
    Abstract: A server includes a terminal information acquisition unit, a region specifying unit, and a distribution information generation unit. The terminal information acquisition unit acquires from each of a plurality of first terminal devices, terminal information including measurement information used to calculate a distance from each of second terminal devices to each of the plurality of first terminal devices for each second terminal device present near the first terminal device and position information of the first terminal device. The region specifying unit specifies a region in which the second terminal device is disposed at a distance according to the measurement information from the position of each of the first terminal devices. The distribution information generation unit generates the information indicating the distribution of the positions of the first terminal device and the second terminal device based on the region specified by the region specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Itoh, Ai Ito, Chihiro Sugioka
  • SERVER, DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150067034
    Abstract: A server includes a terminal information acquisition unit, a region specifying unit, and a distribution information generation unit. The terminal information acquisition unit acquires from each of a plurality of first terminal devices, terminal information including measurement information used to calculate a distance from each of second terminal devices to each of the plurality of first terminal devices for each second terminal device present near the first terminal device and position information of the first terminal device. The region specifying unit specifies a region in which the second terminal device is disposed at a distance according to the measurement information from the position of each of the first terminal devices. The distribution information generation unit generates the information indicating the distribution of the positions of the first terminal device and the second terminal device based on the region specified by the region specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke ITOH, Ai ITO, Chihiro SUGIOKA