Patents by Inventor Akifumi Ushiki

Akifumi Ushiki 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).

  • System and method for managing a coupon
    Publication number: 20020111864
    Abstract: A coupon management system transmits or broadcasts a coupon information from a broadcasting/transmitting system to a receiving system together with a program or commercial message. The receiving system generates a coupon issuance request on the basis of the coupon information, and attaches to the request an identifier of the program or commercial message with which the coupon information is provided. The coupon issuance request attached with the identifier is transmitted from the receiving system to a service center. The service center issues a coupon on the basis of the coupon issuance request and calculates a number of issued coupons for each program or commercial message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi Ukai, Toshiyuki Ono, Akifumi Ushiki, Tatsuro Arai
  • System and method for managing a coupon
    Publication number: 20020077907
    Abstract: A coupon management system transmits or broadcasts a coupon information from a broadcasting/ transmitting system to a receiving system together with a program or commercial message. The receiving system generates a coupon issuance request on the basis of the coupon information, and attaches to the request an identifier of the program or commercial message with which the coupon information is provided. The coupon issuance request attached with the identifier is transmitted from the receiving system to a service center. The service center issues a coupon on the basis of the coupon issuance request and calculates a number of issued coupons for each program or commercial message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Hiromi Ukai, Toshiyuki Ono, Akifumi Ushiki, Tatsuro Arai