Patents by Inventor Aki Yuasa

Aki Yuasa 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).

  • Receiving apparatus that receives and accumulates broadcast contents and makes contents available according to user requests
    Patent number: 6636953
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus that sequentially receives and accumulates a plurality of broadcast contents into a storage medium deletes each content accumulated in the storage medium after a predetermined time period as the capacity of the storage medium is limited. The receiving apparatus is connected to at least one external device, and accepts a user designation of a content to be stored and of an external device into which the content is to be stored. The receiving apparatus schedules the transfer of the content in the available time period of the external device, and transfers the content to the external device if the device is not busy at the scheduled time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Yuasa, Hideyuki Takeda, Ken Noda, Hiroyuki Iitsuka
  • Receiving apparatus that receives and accumulates broadcast contents and makes contents available according to user requests
    Publication number: 20020184457
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus that sequentially receives and accumulates a plurality of broadcast contents into a storage medium deletes each content accumulated in the storage medium after a predetermined time period as the capacity of the storage medium is limited. The receiving apparatus is connected to at least one external device, and accepts a user designation of a content to be stored and of an external device into which the content is to be stored. The receiving apparatus schedules the transfer of the content in the available time period of the external device, and transfers the content to the external device if the device is not busy at the scheduled time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Aki Yuasa, Hideyuki Takeda, Ken Noda, Hiroyuki Iitsuka