Patents by Inventor Keiichi Murakami

Keiichi Murakami 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).

  • Publication number: 20150065163
    Abstract: A mobile terminal in a mobile communication system is disclosed, the mobile terminal including a location measurement unit configured to obtain location information, an area ID obtaining unit configured to obtain information of an identifier of an area in which the mobile terminal resides, a control unit configured to cause the location measurement unit to obtain the location information in the case where the identifier of the area in which the mobile terminal currently resides is different from the identifier of the area in which the mobile terminal resided in the past, and a reporting unit configured to report the location information obtained by the location measurement unit to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murakami, Yusuke Kushida
  • Publication number: 20150020022
    Abstract: An information terminal including: a display configured to display an image; a captured image storage configured to store a captured image showing a state in which one or more objects are displayed; and an image control configured to cause the display to display the captured image in accordance with a scrolling operation by a user. The display displays one or more objects corresponding to a captured image at an end point of the scrolling performed by the user while superimposing the one or more objects on a background image, and, in a case at least one of a period during which or the number of times an image is displayed by the display without change of arrangement of an object displayed while being superimposed on the background image is equal to or greater than a threshold, the image storage stores a captured image corresponding to the image that is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murakami, Taeko Yamaki, Kaori Ootsu
  • Patent number: 8910077
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present invention stores user attribute data and pieces of application attribute data. The information processing device retrieves the user attribute data (Sa1), retrieves application attribute data of running application programs (Sa3), and determine whether there is application attribute data matching the user attribute data (Sa5). If the determination is affirmative, the information processing device identifies an application program corresponding to the application attribute data, and subsequently identifies a window (subject window) corresponding to the identified application program (Sa6). The information processing device sets priority levels for the subject window and windows overlapping the subject window so that the priority level for the subject window is higher than those of the windows (Sa8), and changes a display order of the subject window and the windows in accordance with the priority levels for the subject window and the windows (Sa9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Keiichi Murakami, Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8904297
    Abstract: In an information providing system, a virtual three-dimensional space is established by an information management server. A user of a mobile communication terminal moves in the virtual space, and browses, posts, and searches message information items by manipulating an avatar. The information management server manages the message information items and responds to searches requested from mobile communication terminals. The information management server specifies an area where the number of message information items relevant to a search word specified by a user of a mobile communication terminal is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. The information management server outputs a guide information item for indicating a direction or route toward the specified area from the position of an avatar. Based on the guide information item, the mobile communication terminal displays an image of an arrow pointing a direction or route toward the specified area as a target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Keiichi Murakami, Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8896634
    Abstract: An information-processing device comprises: a reception means for receiving an instruction to display an object image(s) on a display means for displaying an image, via an operation means for receiving an operation; a determination means for determining a number of the object image(s) when the object image(s) is displayed on the display means in response to the instruction; and a display control means for, in a case where the number determined by the determination means is equal to or larger than three and equal to or smaller than a threshold value, arranging and displaying the object images at positions such that, when points respectively determined in adjacent object images are connected by line segments, a figure formed by the line segments represents a polygon having a number of vertices corresponding to the determined number, and, in a case where the number determined by the determination means exceeds the threshold value, arranging and displaying the object images in rows extending in a predetermined di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murakami, Naoki Hashida, Kazuhiro Yamada, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Yasushi Onda
  • Patent number: 8896538
    Abstract: A mobile phone manages display area 12 as twelve partial areas obtained by dividing the display area into a matrix of four rows and three columns, which is identical to an arrangement of keys of a numeric keypad; if plural windows are displayed in a partial area arranged in the same position as a pressed key, assigns a key to each of the windows displayed in the partial area, the key being for selecting the window, and notifies the keys; and if one of the notified keys is pressed, selects a window to which the pressed key has been assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Keiichi Murakami, Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8869056
    Abstract: An information-processing device according to the present invention displays plural windows in a certain arrangement. The information-processing device selects one of displayed windows as a selected window, and in response to an operation to specify a direction, sets a window located in the direction as a selected window. The information-processing device also, in a case where plural windows are displayed in a certain arrangement, changes the arrangement in accordance with a predetermined operation. The change may be made in a regular manner or according to a random pattern. For example, in a case where window W1 shown in Fig. (a) is a selected window, a desired window (a window a user wishes to select) is window W5, and arrangement is changed, the arrangement is changed to an arrangement shown in Fig. (b) or (c) so that a number of operations that is required for a user to select the desired window is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murakami, Naoki Hashida, Dai Kamiya, Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8863026
    Abstract: To control display or hiding of windows simultaneously available based on a configuration used by a user. An information-processing device according to the present invention identifies applications that the device is able to execute; and when an instruction to display a window (a subject window) is performed, the device obtains a relevance information list of applications to display the subject window (subject applications). In the relevance information list, information for determining an application relating to the subject application is described. The information-processing device determines whether an application described in the relevance information list is included in the executable applications, and if it is included in the executable applications, the device displays a window of the application (a simultaneous display window) together with the subject window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Eiju Yamada, Dai Kamiya, Izua Kano, Keiichi Murakami, Yasushi Onda
  • Patent number: 8843833
    Abstract: The information-processing device according to the present invention, if a subject operation direction is “rightward,” specifies in a coordinate axis across a rightward direction, a range that overlaps an area between coordinates (Yamin to Yamax) of an area where selected window Wa is displayed, and each of areas between coordinates (Y1min to Y1max and Y2min to Y2max) of areas where non-selected windows Wb1 and Wb2 are displayed, and determines a window that is selectable subsequently on the basis of the overlapping range. The information-processing device displays a guide image at a position between a window that is selectable subsequently and selected window Wa, and is also within a range that overlaps both an area where a window that is selectable subsequently is displayed, and an area where window Wa is displayed, to guide a subject operation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murakami, Dai Kamiya, Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada, Naoki Hashida
  • Patent number: 8825647
    Abstract: A terminal device in which basic information and detailed information of each a plurality of application programs are stored in a different storage area for each application program, and that prohibits access to each storage area by other application programs, is caused to execute the processes of displaying a window that includes the basic information of each application program, and, if a cursor is moved to the display position of one of the pieces of basic information, reading out, from the appropriate storage areas, the detailed information of a first application program corresponding to the basic information where the cursor is positioned and the detailed information of a second application program whose basic information is displayed adjacent to the basic information of the first application program, and displaying the detailed information of the first application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada, Dai Kamiya, Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Keiichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8769554
    Abstract: A terminal device in which basic information and detailed information of each a plurality of application programs are stored in a different storage area for each application program, and that prohibits access to each storage area by other application programs, is caused to execute the processes of displaying a window that includes the basic information of each application program, and, if a cursor is moved to the display position of one of the pieces of basic information, launching, in an information providing mode, a first application program where the cursor is positioned and a second application program whose basic information is displayed adjacent to the first application program to acquire the detailed information of the application programs, and displaying the detailed information of the first application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Yusuke Kushida, Keiichi Murakami, Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8707202
    Abstract: To simplify an operation for displaying or hiding windows, depending on a user or usage by the user. An information-processing device, according to the present invention, stores for each window, a time during which the window has been displayed together with another window (simultaneous display time), as a relevance table. The information-processing device, when receiving an instruction to display a window (subject window), refers to a relevance table for the subject window to identify a window whose simultaneous display time is the longest (simultaneous display window), and displays the subject window and the simultaneous display window. Also, the information-processing device, when receiving an instruction to hide a subject window, hides the subject window and a simultaneous display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Eiju Yamada, Dai Kamiya, Izua Kano, Keiichi Murakami, Yasushi Onda
  • Publication number: 20140059492
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display having a screen in which an image is displayed; an input unit having a surface on which a user's touch is sensed; a display controller that displays a plurality of individual icons and one or more category icons each of which represents a category of one or more individual icons; and a motion recognition unit that detects a pinching-out motion to widen a distance between two points of touch on the surface based on a motion sensed by the input unit, wherein the display controller changes a state of one or more individual icons associated with at least one category from an enfolded state in which the one or more individual icons are not displayed to an unfolded state in which the one or more individual icons are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Hashida, Yuki Tsuge, Natsuko Kawano, Kousei Shimoo, Fukiko Takayama, Yuko Sasahara, Keiichi Murakami, Makoto Hamatsu
  • Patent number: 8661445
    Abstract: When executing plural application programs in parallel, a control unit assigns a small storage area to each application program so that a part of a function implemented by execution of each application program is provided. When providing a service of high value to a user, a control unit assigns a large storage area to any one of the application programs so that a full function that is implemented by execution of the application program is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murakami, Dai Kamiya, Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada, Naoki Hashida
  • Patent number: 8626842
    Abstract: A content transaction management server device includes: a memory storing decryption keys used in decryption of encrypted content data; a communication unit for information; a payment-request reception unit receiving, through the communication unit, a first storage address indicating a storage area where the decryption keys of encrypted content data in the memory are stored and user identifiers identifying users who are purchasers of the encrypted content data; a payment-procedure processing unit implementing payment-procedure processes related to purchase transactions of encrypted content data by a user identified by user identifiers in the payment request; and a decryption-key transmission unit that, after payment-procedure processing based on the payment-procedure processing unit is completed, reads out, from the memory, decryption keys stored in the storage area indicated by the first storage address included in the payment request and transmits, through the communication unit, the decryption keys to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Yusuke Kushida, Keiichi Murakami, Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130304652
    Abstract: A content transaction management server device includes: a memory storing decryption keys used in decryption of encrypted content data; a communication unit for information; a payment-request reception unit receiving, through the communication unit, a first storage address indicating a storage area where the decryption keys of encrypted content data in the memory are stored and user identifiers identifying users who are purchasers of the encrypted content data; a payment-procedure processing unit implementing payment-procedure processes related to purchase transactions of encrypted content data by a user identified by user identifiers in the payment request; and a decryption-key transmission unit that, after payment-procedure processing based on the payment-procedure processing unit is completed, reads out, from the memory, decryption keys stored in the storage area indicated by the first storage address included in the payment request and transmits, through the communication unit, the decryption keys to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yasushi ONDA, Izua KANO, Dai KAMIYA, Yusuke KUSHIDA, Keiichi MURAKAMI, Eiju YAMADA, Kazuhiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20130305186
    Abstract: A display device includes a display and a display controller that controls the display to display any of a plurality of screens and an input unit that receives a user's operation. The display controller displays one or more images corresponding to one or more software programs at positions, which correspond to the operation received by the input unit, in a customized area scrollable in the horizontal direction and adjacent to the left or right side of the initial screen, and displays a predetermined type of information at a predetermined position in a non-customized area scrollable in the vertical direction and adjacent to the initial screen at a position other than the customized area. The display controller scrolls the customized area using the size of the screen as the unit of scrolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Natsuko Kawano, Naoki Hashida, Yuki Tsuge, Kousei Shimoo, Fukiko Takayama, Yuko Sasahara, Keiichi Murakami, Makoto Hamatsu
  • Patent number: 8584148
    Abstract: A terminal device in which basic information and detailed information of each a plurality of application programs are stored in a different storage area for each application program, and that prohibits access to each storage area by other application programs, is caused to execute the processes of displaying a window that includes the basic information of each application program, and, if a cursor is moved to the display position of one of the pieces of basic information, reading out, from the appropriate storage areas, the detailed information of a first application program corresponding to the basic information where the cursor is positioned and the detailed information of a second application program whose basic information is displayed adjacent to the basic information of the first application program, and displaying the detailed information of the first application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Onda, Izua Kano, Dai Kamiya, Yusuke Kushida, Keiichi Murakami, Eiju Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130268895
    Abstract: A terminal device includes an operating unit which accepts an operation by a user, a display unit which classifies one or a plurality of icons into one or a plurality of groups and displays the classified icons, and a control unit which controls the display unit so as to display a new group when an icon displayed on the display unit is set to a move mode by an operation accepted by the operating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Taeko Yamaki, Keiichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8555197
    Abstract: An information-processing device stores information as assignment information to assign associated hardware or software to each window that displays processing details of an application. An association between a window and hardware or software is different for each application (in other words, for each window). If plural overlapping windows are displayed, the information-processing device determines a window to be displayed in the foreground, on a basis of the association. For example, in a case where window w1 of a game and window w2 of another game overlap each other, if the information-processing device has hardware or software associated with game A, window w1 is displayed at the front; and meanwhile if the device has hardware or software associated with game B, window w2 is displayed at the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada, Dai Kamiya, Yasushi Onda, Keiichi Murakami