Patents by Inventor Akihiito Fukao

Akihiito Fukao 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).

  • Device management system, device management terminal, network device, terminal program, device program, and device management method
    Publication number: 20040165206
    Abstract: A device management system that allows one to change the functions of a network device without requiring technical knowledge and can reduce time and effort required to change functions, and is also suitable for shortening delivery times. Upon receiving device information, a device management server 100 determines functions available to a network device 200 based on the device information, reads out a function provision module corresponding to the function from a function provision module registration DB 42, and sends the module to the network device 200. The network device 200 sends device information in a storage device 62 to the device management server 100, and when it receives a function provision module, it executes the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Mikio Aoki, Akihiito Fukao