Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Ohara
Kiyotaka Ohara 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).
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Patent number: 10177920Abstract: A server apparatus receives unique information, encrypted information and user information from an information processing apparatus via a network interface, the unique information being information which is uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus, the encrypted information being information into which the unique information is encrypted using a first key, and the user information being information related to a user of the image processing apparatus; decrypts the received encrypted information using a second key corresponding to the first key so as to obtain decrypted information; determines whether the decrypted information and the received unique information represent same information; and stores, in the memory, the received user information and the received unique information in association in a case where it is determined that the decrypted information and the received unique information represent the same information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20180364958Abstract: A server may store original data. One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on the original data. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting the user to designate a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated by the user via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of the each setting item indicated by the setting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventor: Kiyotaka OHARA
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Publication number: 20180285467Abstract: A communication system comprising: a first controller configured to perform: receiving, from a terminal device, target-related information relating to a target peripheral device; transmitting the specific data to the terminal device; receiving, from the terminal device, a first page request; transmitting a first web page data to the terminal device; and executing a specific process for storing a first URL included in the first page request and the target-related information related to the target peripheral device in association with each other in a first memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Kiyotaka OHARA, Tatsuhiro IKEDO
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Patent number: 10078475Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of the each setting item indicated by the setting information.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20180191919Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
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Patent number: 9912823Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
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Patent number: 9906678Abstract: An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuma Aoki, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo, Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20180046534Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hideto MATSUMOTO, Kiyotaka OHARA
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Patent number: 9877221Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 9811408Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
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Patent number: 9807262Abstract: In a relaying apparatus, a storage stores a plurality of sets of first device information, and second device information assigned to a first set of first device information identifying one image processing apparatus from among image processing apparatuses. The controller communicates with the one image processing apparatus and a service-providing apparatus. The controller receives replacement request information from the one information processing terminal via the communication interface. The replacement request information including old first device information and new first device information. The old first device information indicates the one image processing apparatus. The new first device information indicates another image processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa, Satoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170257441Abstract: a server may receive a first registration request from a communication device, receive a second registration request from a terminal device, determine, by using a first IP address included in the first registration request and a second IP address in the second registration request, whether the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to a same local area network, if the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to the same local area network, send a sending request including a connection information and a specific IP address of the communication device to the terminal device, the sending request being for causing the terminal device to send the connection information to the communication device with the specific IP address as a destination, establish a connection between the server and the communication device by using the connection information, and perform a target service by using the connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20170249641Abstract: A server may receive a first registration request including a first code from the communication device, the first code having been stored in advance in the communication device, if a second code is inputted into a terminal device, receive a second registration request including the second code from the terminal device, if one of the first and second registration requests is received, register target information including one code included in the one of the first and second registration requests in a memory such that a state of the target information is to be a first state where the server does not perform a target service, and if the other code in other one of the above registration requests matches the one code in the target information, change the state of the target information from the first state to a second state where the server performs the target service.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20170109106Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of the each setting item indicated by the setting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventor: Kiyotaka OHARA
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Publication number: 20170094079Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20170093583Abstract: A server apparatus receives unique information, encrypted information and user information from an information processing apparatus via a network interface, the unique information being information which is uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus, the encrypted information being information into which the unique information is encrypted using a first key, and the user information being information related to a user of the image processing apparatus; decrypts the received encrypted information using a second key corresponding to the first key so as to obtain decrypted information; determines whether the decrypted information and the received unique information represent same information; and stores, in the memory, the received user information and the received unique information in association in a case where it is determined that the decrypted information and the received unique information represent the same information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20170094078Abstract: In a relaying apparatus, a storage stores a plurality of sets of first device information, and second device information assigned to a first set of first device information identifying one image processing apparatus from among image processing apparatuses. The controller communicates with the one image processing apparatus and a service-providing apparatus. The controller receives replacement request information from the one information processing terminal via the communication interface. The replacement request information including old first device information and new first device information. The old first device information indicates the one image processing apparatus. The new first device information indicates another image processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa, Satoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9609029Abstract: A service registration system includes a server that provides a service through a network, a peripheral device capable of communicating with the server and using the service, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the server and the peripheral device. When the terminal device receives the registration requesting information representing information related to registration necessary for using the service from a user, the terminal device transmits registration requesting information to the server. When the server receives the registration requesting information from the terminal device, the server transmits service information necessary for using the service. Further, the terminal device can transmit the service information to the peripheral device when it receives the service information from the server.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Kazuma Aoki, Makoto Matsuda, Masafumi Miyazawa, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo
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Publication number: 20170048415Abstract: An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Kazuma Aoki, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo, Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa
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Patent number: 9542146Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of the each setting item indicated by the setting information.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kiyotaka Ohara