Patents by Inventor Ritsuto Sako

Ritsuto Sako 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: 20180129454
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that can be registered to a printing service on the Internet, and a control method for controlling the same. Upon receipt of a request for registration to the printing service from a client, an administrator login screen is displayed in a case where a setting of the printing apparatus has required that registration to the printing service be performed by an administrator. The registration to the printing service is executed upon the administrator successfully logging in to the printing apparatus via the administrator login screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20180046420
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that receives print data from a cloud server providing print service and performs printing transmits a request to register the printing apparatus to the cloud service to the cloud server providing the print service and stores information related to an ID of a user who has logged in the printing apparatus in association with information related to a print service account used in the registration after accepting the request for the registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20180024797
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus without passing through an access point, provides a print service in which predetermined printing is performed in response to a print request from the information processing apparatus via a wireless communication unit, and enables a setting that is used for providing the print service if the setting is disabled when the information processing apparatus establishes communication with the image processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20170346977
    Abstract: If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20170277481
    Abstract: A version of a web service supported by an information processing apparatus before a firmware update and a version of the web service supported by the information processing apparatus after the firmware update are compared, and, based on a result of the comparison, predetermined processing corresponding to a case in which the versions differ is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20170111533
    Abstract: If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 9563387
    Abstract: If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20160054957
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which does not reserve a print job when a user is supposedly close to the image forming apparatus so that convenience for the user can be improved. Data that is to be sent to an external apparatus and includes identification information is generated and written in a near-field wireless communication unit which the image forming apparatus has. When the image forming apparatus receives a print request, it is judged whether or not the identification information is included in the print request. When it is judged that the identification information is not included in the print request, the image forming apparatus is controlled to carry out a printing process without reserving a print job corresponding to the print request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20160048361
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus without passing through an access point, provides a print service in which predetermined printing is performed in response to a print request from the information processing apparatus via a wireless communication unit, and enables a setting that is used for providing the print service if the setting is disabled when the information processing apparatus establishes communication with the image processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20160026414
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which allows execution of NFC touch-to-print printing on condition that user authentication is successful, thus preventing NFC touch-to-print printing from being performed by every user. The information processing apparatus is equipped with an NFC (near-field communication) unit which has a memory. When authentication of a user is successful, connecting information for an external device to connect to the information processing apparatus is written into the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 9208410
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus without passing through an access point, provides a print service in which predetermined printing is performed in response to a print request from the information processing apparatus via a wireless communication unit, and enables a setting that is used for providing the print service if the setting is disabled when the information processing apparatus establishes communication with the image processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 9183477
    Abstract: A user preregisters to a printing apparatus IPP print settings used when printing print data received through IPP. Upon reception of the print data through IPP, the printing apparatus prints the print data based on the preregistered IPP print settings. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing, a storage unit configured to store settings regarding printing using a specific print protocol, a reception unit configured to receive print data transmitted from an external apparatus, a determination unit configured to, when the reception unit receives print data by using the specific print protocol, determine whether a communication method used for receiving the print data is a specific communication method, and a control unit configured to, based on a result of determination by the determination unit, determine whether the settings stored in the storage unit are to be used when printing the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20150293729
    Abstract: If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 9013745
    Abstract: A communication apparatus operable to perform communication with a communication terminal, and a method of controlling the apparatus. When a transmission is instructed, whether or not communication in a wireless communication mode for communicating wirelessly with a communication terminal, either the communication terminal or the communication apparatus having become an access point, is in process is determined. In a case that it is determined that communication in the wireless communication mode is in progress, an address of the transmission is set to a partner of the communication that is in progress by making a use of an address book invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 8976389
    Abstract: A printing apparatus receives a transmission request of information to be used by an information processing apparatus to transmit an image to the printing apparatus via an image processing apparatus from the information processing apparatus including the image. The printing apparatus transmits the information to the information processing apparatus if the transmission request is received. Then, the printing apparatus acquires the image that the information processing apparatus transmits using the information and prints the acquired image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 8970889
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus receives a screen for setting positional information about an image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus and displays the screen, acquires positional information about the information processing apparatus in response to the selection of settings for the positional information via the screen by a user, and transmits the acquired positional information about the information processing apparatus to the image forming apparatus. In this manner, the positional information about the information processing apparatus is set as the positional information about the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20140268221
    Abstract: A communication apparatus operable to perform communication with a communication terminal, and a method of controlling the apparatus. When a transmission is instructed, whether or not communication in a wireless communication mode for communicating wirelessly with a communication terminal, either the communication terminal or the communication apparatus having become an access point, is in process is determined. In a case that it is determined that communication in the wireless communication mode is in progress, an address of the transmission is set to a partner of the communication that is in progress by making a use of an address book invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 8830222
    Abstract: An apparatus determines whether a current display is a web screen, when a user operation performed via the web screen indicates a display of a native screen and when a web server instructs the apparatus to display the native screen. The apparatus switches the current display to the native screen when the current display is the web screen, and maintains the current display when the current display is not the web screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Publication number: 20140240767
    Abstract: A user preregisters to a printing apparatus IPP print settings used when printing print data received through IPP. Upon reception of the print data through IPP, the printing apparatus prints the print data based on the preregistered IPP print settings. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing, a storage unit configured to store settings regarding printing using a specific print protocol, a reception unit configured to receive print data transmitted from an external apparatus, a determination unit configured to, when the reception unit receives print data by using the specific print protocol, determine whether a communication method used for receiving the print data is a specific communication method, and a control unit configured to, based on a result of determination by the determination unit, determine whether the settings stored in the storage unit are to be used when printing the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako
  • Patent number: 8670139
    Abstract: In a system in which printing is performed by attaching electronic data to an electronic mail and transmitting the electronic mail to a printing device, the system includes a terminal, a printing device, and a server. The terminal includes a search-request transmitting unit to transmit a printing-service search request to a network. The printing device includes a search-response transmitting unit to transmit a printing-service search response including an authentication token in a case where the printing device has received the printing-service search request. The terminal further includes a mail transmitting unit to, in the case of transmission of print data using an electronic mail, also transmit an authentication token. The printing device further includes a determining unit to determine whether the authentication token transmitted by the terminal and the authentication token that the printing device holds match, and give, in accordance with a result of the determination, permission for printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ritsuto Sako