Patents by Inventor Akiko Nagayama

Akiko Nagayama 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: 7076440
    Abstract: A notice board business system database stores therein collectively the contents of all the data heads relating to a series of business processes, and is held in common in the form of a notice board through clients by all the related persons in charge of the tasks. A status change rule sets the data head in which the data input should be completed with respect to each of the task processes. A status watcher refers to both the notice board business system database and the status change rule to make the task process change from the current task process to the next task process when the predetermined data input has been completed in the process in task so as to inform the related client of that the status change has occurred. In addition, the status watcher refers to a status change limit rule for setting the data input completion due date for each of the task processes so as to inform, when the processing due date is drawing near, the related client of that the processing due date is drawing near.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Tamaki, Yuji Tsusaka, Naofumi Hosoda, Eiji Takamatsu, Makoto Ogawa, Akiko Nagayama
  • Patent number: 6275809
    Abstract: A notice board business system database stores therein collectively the contents of all the data heads relating to a series of business processes, and is held in common in the form of a notice board through clients by all the related persons in charge of the tasks. A status change rule sets the data head in which the data input should be completed with respect to each of the task processes. A status watcher refers to both the notice board business system database and the status change rule to make the task process change from the current task process to the next task process when the predetermined data input has been completed in the process in task so as to inform the related client of that the status change has occurred. In addition, the status watcher refers to a status change limit rule for setting the data input completion due date for each of the task processes so as to inform, when the processing due date is drawing near, the related client of that the processing due date is drawing near.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Tamaki, Yuji Tsusaka, Naofumi Hosoda, Eiji Takamatsu, Makoto Ogawa, Akiko Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20010008998
    Abstract: A notice board business system database stores therein collectively the contents of all the data heads relating to a series of business processes, and is held in common in the form of a notice board through clients by all the related persons in charge of the tasks. A status change rule sets the data head in which the data input should be completed with respect to each of the task processes. A status watcher refers to both the notice board business system database and the status change rule to make the task process change from the current task process to the next task process when the predetermined data input has been completed in the process in task so as to inform the related client of that the status change has occurred. In addition, the status watcher refers to a status change limit rule for setting the data input completion due date for each of the task processes so as to inform, when the processing due date is drawing near, the related client of that the processing due date is drawing near.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Masato Tamaki, Yuji Tsusaka, Naofumi Hosoda, Eiji Takamatsu, Makoto Ogawa, Akiko Nagayama