Patents by Inventor Etsuro Sakamoto

Etsuro Sakamoto 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).

  • Advertisement space auction method, apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 8639565
    Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling for a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized is provided. The advertisement space auction apparatus using a network, comprising a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving a bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Numaoka, Etsuro Sakamoto, Motoyuki Koike, Takeru Kojima
  • Advertisement space auction method, apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 8626578
    Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized using a network, including a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit for determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Numaoka, Etsuro Sakamoto, Motoyuki Koike, Takeru Kojima
  • Advertisement space auction method, apparatus and storage medium
    Publication number: 20090055272
    Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling for a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized is provided. The advertisement space auction apparatus using a network, comprising a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving a bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Numaoka, Etsuro Sakamoto, Motoyuki Koike, Takeru Kojima
  • Advertisement space auction method, apparatus and storage medium
    Publication number: 20080082443
    Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized using a network, including a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit for determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Numaoka, Etsuro Sakamoto, Motoyuki Koike, Takeru Kojima
  • Advertisement space auction method, apparatus and storage medium
    Publication number: 20020111898
    Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling for a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized is provided. The advertisement space auction apparatus using a network, comprising a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving a bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Chisato Numaoka, Etsuro Sakamoto, Motoyuki Koike, Takeru Kojima