Patents by Inventor Hideaki Minoda

Hideaki Minoda 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).

  • Fee collection system by electronic money
    Patent number: 10510052
    Abstract: In a fee collection system a game machine as a charge collective apparatus is provided with a reader terminal for obtaining predetermined identification information from a card, and a reader control unit for outputting to a control board a signal equivalent to an output signal of a coin selector, wherein when a card ID is transmitted from the reader control unit, a management PC refers to charge setting data, determines the consumption amount of electronic money, and requests an account management server to process withdrawal of the consumption amount from an account of electronic money corresponding to the card ID. The management PC notifies the reader control unit the processing result transmitted from the account management server, and outputs to the control board a signal equivalent to the output signal of the coin selector when the withdrawal is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Keina Kanisawa, Yusuke Kitakaze, Jiro Hotta, Masahiko Kami, Tadanobu Otaki, Toyofumi Kitano, Kazutaka Kubota, Satoshi Ueda, Hideaki Minoda
  • FEE COLLECTION SYSTEM BY ELECTRONIC MONEY
    Publication number: 20130238494
    Abstract: In a fee collection system a game machine as a charge collective apparatus is provided with a reader terminal for obtaining predetermined identification information from a card, and a reader control unit for outputting to a control board a signal equivalent to an output signal of a coin selector, wherein when a card ID is transmitted from the reader control unit, a management PC refers to charge setting data, determines the consumption amount of electronic money, and requests an account management server to process withdrawal of the consumption amount from an account of electronic money corresponding to the card ID. The management PC notifies the reader control unit the processing result transmitted from the account management server, and outputs to the control board a signal equivalent to the output signal of the coin selector when the withdrawal is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keina Kanisawa, Yusuke Kitakaze, Jiro Hotta, Masahiko Kami, Tadanobu Otaki, Toyofumi Kitano, Kazutaka Kubota, Satoshi Ueda, Hideaki Minoda