Patents by Inventor Yasuko Katayama

Yasuko Katayama 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).

  • Patent number: 5931905
    Abstract: TV mail system comprising a plurality of televisions each having a receiving function capable of receiving broadcasting radio waves and displaying a program, and a mail server to which the televisions are connected through communication lines, wherein the television has a mail sending function for making mail including at least destination information and the body of a mail to output the mail data to the mail server and a mail receiving function for displaying the contents of mail data received from the mail server together with the received mail, the mail server has a database in which authentication information of users are registered, a receiving mail box for storing received mail data, mail boxes for receivers, a mail distribution device for distributing, to a mail box for the receiver, mail data stored in the receiving mail box by making a reference to the authentication database and an outputting device which sends out the mail data received from one television to at least one different television in co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Hashimoto, Isamu Miura, Yasuko Katayama