Patents by Inventor Kumiko Tokuhara

Kumiko Tokuhara 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: 20170031545
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control section that displays, in response to an operation of an operation section, a piece of map information on a display section and acquires, in accordance with the piece of map information displayed on the display section, a list of content related to the piece of map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro NAKAMURA, Toru SASAKI, Akira TANGE, Masafumi MATSUDA, Kumiko TOKUHARA, Yongjin JUNG, Masaki KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 9516133
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control section that displays, in response to an operation of an operation section, a piece of map information on a display section and acquires, in accordance with the piece of map information displayed on the display section, a list of content related to the piece of map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Akira Tange, Masafumi Matsuda, Kumiko Tokuhara, Yongjin Jung, Masaki Kasahara
  • Patent number: 7996582
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits/receives data to and from an external device; a detection unit that detects communication connection with the external device by the communication unit; an operation input unit that accepts an operation input; a command allocation unit that, when the detection unit detects communication connection with the external device, allocates a data transmission command with respect to a one-click operation to a symbol corresponding to a data storage place to be displayed on a display unit, which is accepted by the operation input unit; and a control unit that, when the operation input unit accepts the one-click operation to the symbol, in case the data transmission command is allocated with respect to the one-click operation, controls so that the communication unit transmits data stored in the data storage place corresponding to the symbol to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kumiko Tokuhara, Toru Sasaki, Akira Tange, Kentaro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080291197
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control section that displays, in response to an operation of an operation section, a piece of map information on a display section and acquires, in accordance with the piece of map information displayed on the display section, a list of content related to the piece of map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro NAKAMURA, Toru SASAKI, Akira TANGE, Masafumi MATSUDA, Kumiko TOKUHARA, Yongjin JUNG, Masaki KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20080244119
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits/receives data to and from an external device; a detection unit that detects communication connection with the external device by the communication unit; an operation input unit that accepts an operation input; a command allocation unit that, when the detection unit detects communication connection with the external device, allocates a data transmission command with respect to a one-click operation to a symbol corresponding to a data storage place to be displayed on a display unit, which is accepted by the operation input unit; and a control unit that, when the operation input unit accepts the one-click operation to the symbol, in case the data transmission command is allocated with respect to the one-click operation, controls so that the communication unit transmits data stored in the data storage place corresponding to the symbol to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kumiko Tokuhara, Toru Sasaki, Akira Tange, Kentaro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080189359
    Abstract: Content data is provided as follows. If a request for providing a content is received from a portable wireless terminal or a content playback apparatus associated with the portable wireless terminal, then content data of the requested content in a form adapted for use by the portable wireless terminal is provided to the portable wireless terminal. Furthermore, content data of the requested content in a form adapted for use by the content playback apparatus is also provided to the content playback apparatus, or a process for providing content data of the requested content in the form adapted for use by the content playback apparatus is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sasaki, Akira Tange, Masafumi Matsuda, Yongjin Jung, Kentaro Nakamura, Kumiko Tokuhara, Masaki Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20080176596
    Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus including: a first communication section for a communication through a first communication path; a second communication section for a communication through a second communication path; a communication-path determination section to determine whether a present communication path currently being used is the same as a specified communication path specified as a communication path to be used, where the present communication path and the specified communication path are one of the first and second communication path, respectively; and a communication-path switching section to replace one of the first and second communication sections with the other communication section in order to replace the present communication path with the specified communication path in the course of a communication if the determination result produced by the communication-path determination section indicates that the present communication path is not the same as the speci
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yongjin Jung, Kentaro Nakamura, Masafumi Matsuda, Masaki Kasahara, Kumiko Tokuhara, Akira Tange, Toru Sasaki