Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Funayama

Hirotaka Funayama 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: 11921829
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the communication apparatus to perform operations including verifying, by communicating with an external device, whether the external device is an external device that passed a predetermined certification, and displaying a screen for selecting an authenticator, wherein on the screen, a display item for an external authenticator verified as the external device that passed the predetermined certification and a display item for an external authenticator that failed to be verified as the external device that passed the predetermined certification are displayed in a distinguishable manner based on a result of the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20230319051
    Abstract: A system manages, in a case where feature quantities in a real world is managed in association with identification information, the feature quantities in the real world being used to link the virtual object with the real world to display the virtual object, a permission setting of use for the virtual object associated with the identification information are further managed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: HIROTAKA FUNAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11561761
    Abstract: A voice assistant is provided whereby, in response to receipt of a voice instruction for requesting a recommended piece of content from a user, the voice assistant receives, from a system, a response including information on a recommended piece of content determined using another playback history having a feature similar to a feature of playback histories stored in association with a user ID of the user, and outputs the piece of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20220147600
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the communication apparatus to perform operations including verifying, by communicating with an external device, whether the external device is an external device that passed a predetermined certification, and displaying a screen for selecting an authenticator, wherein on the screen, a display item for an external authenticator verified as the external device that passed the predetermined certification and a display item for an external authenticator that failed to be verified as the external device that passed the predetermined certification are displayed in a distinguishable manner based on a result of the verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20220131855
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control means that displays a log-in screen for a service which is provided by a collaboration service after accessing the collaboration service, a first transmission means that transmits a request for verification data to the collaboration service, a communication control means that communicates with an authenticator before authenticating a user, a second transmission means that transmits a request including verification data to the authenticator when an instruction for log-in is received, and a third transmission means that transmits signature data received from the authenticator to the collaboration service. At least one of transmission of the request to the collaboration service from the first transmission means and communication of the communication control means with the authenticator is performed without waiting until the instruction for log-in is received from the user after accessing the collaboration service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20210273794
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system in which a migration operation which is different from a normal registration operation performed on a system is started in one of a terminal before replacement and a terminal after the replacement so that a registration operation performed on the terminal after the replacement is easily completed only by causing a user to consecutively perform an authentication operation on both of the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Patent number: 11044085
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system in which a migration operation which is different from a normal registration operation performed on a system is started in one of a terminal before replacement and a terminal after the replacement so that a registration operation performed on the terminal after the replacement is easily completed only by causing a user to consecutively perform an authentication operation on both of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Patent number: 10984084
    Abstract: A device management system according to the present invention transmits, in response to an authentication request from a network device, verification data generated by the device management system and a whitelist including identification information corresponding to a user managed in association with the network device, receives a signature generated according to biometrics for a user on a portable terminal and the whitelist, via the network device, and, in a case where verification of the signature is successful, responds to the network device to permit login by the user of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20210034324
    Abstract: A voice assistant is provided whereby, in response to receipt of a voice instruction for requesting a recommended piece of content from a user, the voice assistant receives, from a system, a response including information on a recommended piece of content determined using another playback history having a feature similar to a feature of playback histories stored in association with a user ID of the user, and outputs the piece of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20190034607
    Abstract: A device management system according to the present invention transmits, in response to an authentication request from a network device, verification data generated by the device management system and a whitelist including identification information corresponding to a user managed in association with the network device, receives a signature generated according to biometrics for a user on a portable terminal and the whitelist, via the network device, and, in a case where verification of the signature is successful, responds to the network device to per login by the user of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20180343118
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system in which a migration operation which is different from a normal registration operation performed on a system is started in one of a terminal before replacement and a terminal after the replacement so that a registration operation performed on the terminal after the replacement is easily completed only by causing a user to consecutively perform an authentication operation on both of the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Patent number: 9584506
    Abstract: An information processing method for a server apparatus controlling access based on a role of a user and a scope as authority held by an authorization token for realizing a unified license management structure that does not reduce an overall performance of a cloud service even if a plurality of services collaborate with the cloud service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20150256532
    Abstract: An information processing method for a server apparatus controlling access based on a role of a user and a scope as authority held by an authorization token for realizing a unified license management structure that does not reduce an overall performance of a cloud service even if a plurality of services collaborate with the cloud service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20150215395
    Abstract: A system 102 receives a file and multiple savings of the file from an external device 101 which has requested a file saving, and an information processing apparatus 1401 saves the file, and then repeats processing for instructing another information processing apparatus 1401 that should subsequently save the file to save the file in an amount equivalent to the multiple savings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Patent number: 9064122
    Abstract: A system for processing a job including one or a plurality of tasks, comprises: a management service server which manages a job generated by receiving the designation; and one or a plurality of task processing service servers which process one or a plurality of tasks forming the job, in order to execute processing based on the job, the management service server comprises: holding unit which holds, for each of the service servers, encryption information defining a method of encrypting and to decrypt a file corresponding to the job, and information which is used when generating a key for use in encryption and decryption; and specification unit which specifies, when receiving encryption information acquisition request, encryption information for a service server of a job corresponding to an encrypted file to be decrypted by the task processing service server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20140365430
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit, a first determination unit, a saving unit, a second determination unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a file and file information. The first determination unit determines, based on the file information, whether the file has been saved. The saving unit saves, if the first determination unit determines that the file has not been saved, the file and the file information while associating them with each other. The second determination unit determines, if the first determination unit determines based on the file information that the file has been saved, whether the saved identifier and a newly received identifier are the same. The transmission unit transmits, if the second determination unit determines that the identifier saved by the saving unit and the identifier newly received by the reception unit are the same, information indicating that the received file has been saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20140044259
    Abstract: A system for processing a job including one or a plurality of tasks, comprises: a management service server which manages a job generated by receiving the designation; and one or a plurality of task processing service servers which process one or a plurality of tasks forming the job, in order to execute processing based on the job, the management service server comprises: holding unit which holds, for each of the service servers, encryption information defining a method of encrypting and to decrypt a file corresponding to the job, and information which is used when generating a key for use in encryption and decryption; and specification unit which specifies, when receiving encryption information acquisition request, encryption information for a service server of a job corresponding to an encrypted file to be decrypted by the task processing service server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama
  • Publication number: 20130031612
    Abstract: An information processing method for a server apparatus controlling access based on a role of a user and a scope as authority held by an authorization token for realizing a unified license management structure that does not reduce an overall performance of a cloud service even if a plurality of services collaborate with the cloud service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirotaka Funayama