Patents by Inventor Youji Kawamoto

Youji Kawamoto 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: 9270661
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Publication number: 20140095715
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Patent number: 8612630
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Publication number: 20120311190
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji KAWAMOTO, Motomasa FUTAGAMI, Motohiko NAGANO
  • Patent number: 8255573
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Publication number: 20110046524
    Abstract: A passive exercise apparatus in this invention comprises a base, a seat, a driving unit, and a pair of footrests. The seat is disposed on the base. The driving unit is configured to reciprocate the seat past its neutral position relative to the base. A pair of the footrests is arranged on the base at a front of the seat and is spaced from the seat by a predetermined distance. The feature of the invention resides in that the each of the footrests has a top face for contact with a user's foot. Each of the footrest is configured to move the top face between a raised position and a lowered position. The top face is elastically urged toward the raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Izumi Mihara, Wataru Sanematsu, Taketora Nakamura, Toshio Nakano, Yutaka Yamada, Youji Kawamoto, Yukihiko Kitano
  • Patent number: 7809944
    Abstract: The authentication capability of a portable terminal connected to a playback device is used to perform user authentication, thereby providing content with a sufficient reliability while only requiring a simple mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Youji Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20080130666
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Patent number: 7349993
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Publication number: 20070288391
    Abstract: A management apparatus supplying a license for use of content to an information processing apparatus includes a group management unit that registers at least one information processing apparatus in each group and delivers a group key specific to each group to the information processing apparatus; a storage unit that stores an ID of the information processing apparatus associated with a group ID of the group and the group key; a license issuing unit that issues a license including use conditions of the content and a content key with which encrypted content is decrypted, at least either of the use conditions of the content and the content key being encrypted with the group key; and a right information issuing unit that issues right information used for permitting the use of the content in a specified usage mode on the basis of the license to the permitted information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Atsushi Nakamura, Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Seiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7216171
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 7194558
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Patent number: 7185095
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 7171447
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 7111064
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 7093016
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20060013239
    Abstract: This invention relates to provide a communication network system, a gateway, and a data communication method, in which the gateway has an advanced functionality. A person who issues an access request can retrieve a desired access destination easily by the following configuration: functions of routing information providing and authentication processing are added to a gateway that performs protocol conversion between two different communication networks; when an access request is issued from a public communication network such as Internet to a terminal in a local (private) communication network connected to the gateway, a request terminal is authenticated to enable prevention of unauthorized data writing and reading; and an access request user who succeeded in the authentication is provided with an active terminal list comprising accessible terminal information, or with a user condition table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Motomasa Futagami, Motohiko Nagano
  • Publication number: 20050198135
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20050198136
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20050188014
    Abstract: A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to be transmitted to the terminal device used by the user into information conformed to the terminal device used by the user, or transmits a notice to the terminal device to the effect that there is information to be transmitted to said user. Thereby, the information can be easily and surely transmitted to the user who is the destination of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Youji Kawamoto, Isao Hidaka, Tomohiro Tsunoda