Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Furugane

Hiroshi Furugane 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).

  • Award point service system, recording medium for use therein and award point service method
    Publication number: 20020070270
    Abstract: A virtual store server is provided in a virtual store of at least one of tie-up companies. The virtual store is established on the internet so as to issue points to a member upon access to the virtual store. The virtual store server includes a virtual store point DB for recording the number of the issued points. When the member makes a purchase in the actual store with the number of points that has been read by at least one terminal provided in an actual store, the terminal functions in reducing the number of points that has been read and used in the actual store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Narita, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Toru Matsumoto, Hiroshi Furugane