Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kaiwa

Masahiro Kaiwa 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).

  • Method and apparatus for assisting positional information service
    Patent number: 7983947
    Abstract: Service support gateway 1 is connected to network 2. Service provider 3 having ASP 31 and CP 32 provides a service relating to location of locating target person 4 by using network 2. Service supporting gateway 1 provides service provider 3 with a service of obtaining location information indicating the location of locating target person and a service of sending the location information to a specified destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kaiwa, Kenichi Shima, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Mioko Chikamori, Seigo Teramachi, Aki Kariya
  • Location reporting method and related mobile communication terminal
    Patent number: 7558584
    Abstract: Menu data supplied from an IP server 500 to a mobile station 101 is embedded with a location information substitution data string “NULLAREA” together with a URL of a particular IP server 500. The mobile station 101, upon detection of the location information substitution data string from a menu data selected by the user, determines whether location information can be transmitted to the IP server 500. In the case where the determination is that the transmission is permitted, the mobile station 101 detects its location information and, after substituting the location information for the location information substitution data string, transmits the data to the IP server 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masaaki Maeda, Koichi Takahara, Masahiro Kaiwa, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Kaoru Nakajima, Junko Matsuo, Kazunori Kosuge, Katsutoshi Murata
  • Location information notifying method and location information notifying apparatus
    Patent number: 7010306
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a common platform for providing location information, which provision corresponds to network integration. In the present invention, a location information providing unit of a gateway server obtains from a position measuring center location information of mobile communication terminals. The location information of each mobile communication terminal may generated in different representational formats. A location information providing unit converts the obtained location information into representational formats that are capable of being handled by IP servers. Following conversion, the location information providing unit transmits the location information the IP servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: NTT Docomo, Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi Tanibayashi, Koichi Takahara, Masahiro Kaiwa, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kaoru Nakajima, Ichiro Inaba, Yuichiro Tsutsui
  • Method and apparatus for assisting positional information service
    Publication number: 20020156646
    Abstract: Service support gateway 1 is connected to network 2. Service provider 3 having ASP 31 and CP 32 provides a service relating to location of locating target person 4 by using network 2. Service supporting gateway 1 provides service provider 3 with a service of obtaining location information indicating the location of locating target person and a service of sending the location information to a specified destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Kaiwa, Kenichi Shima, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Mioko Chikamori, Seigo Teramachi, Aki Kariya
  • Location reporting method and related mobile communication terminal
    Publication number: 20020138650
    Abstract: Menu data supplied from an IP server 500 to a mobile station 101 is embedded with a location information substitution data string “NULLAREA” together with a URL of a particular IP server 500. The mobile station 101, upon detection of the location information substitution data string from a menu data selected by the user, determines whether location information can be transmitted to the IP server 500. In the case where the determination is that the transmission is permitted, the mobile station 101 detects its location information and, after substituting the location information for the location information substitution data string, transmits the data to the IP server 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masaaki Maeda, Koichi Takahara, Masahiro Kaiwa, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Kaoru Nakajima, Junko Matsuo, Kazunori Kosuge, Katsutoshi Murata