Patents by Inventor Aritomo Sakamoto

Aritomo Sakamoto 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).

  • Electronic money management system, electronic money management method and computer program
    Patent number: 7703672
    Abstract: An internet N is connected to an electronic money management server 10 so that communications can be performed with a deposit money terminal device 30 replenishing an electronic money for an user card comprised by recording a card ID and an issuer ID, a member shop terminal device 50 reducing the electronic money utilized from the user card, and the like. The electronic money management server 10 acquires the deposit money amount and the issuer ID from a deposit money terminal device 30 at the replenishment time of the electronic money, and totalizes the deposit money amount for each issuer, and performs the delivery of the cash for the totalized deposit money amount to the issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Umeya, Aritomo Sakamoto, Kazumasa Miyazawa, Koji Ito, Makoto Yamada, Nobumitsu Ukai, Takashi Nakamura
  • Electronic money management system, electronic money management method and computer program
    Publication number: 20070034684
    Abstract: An internet N is connected to an electronic money management server 10 so that communications can be performed with a deposit money terminal device 30 replenishing an electronic money for an user card comprised by recording a card ID and an issuer ID, a member shop terminal device 50 reducing the electronic money utilized from the user card, and the like. The electronic money management server 10 acquires the deposit money amount and the issuer ID from a deposit money terminal device 30 at the replenishment time of the electronic money, and totalizes the deposit money amount for each issuer, and performs the delivery of the cash for the totalized deposit money amount to the issuer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Masaru Umeya, Aritomo Sakamoto, Kazumasa Miyazawa, Koji Ito, Makoto Yamada, Nobumitsu Ukai, Takashi Nakamura
  • Lease-business support apparatus, lease-business support method, recording medium containing program for operating the lease-business support apparatus, and recording medium containing program for executing the lease-business support method
    Publication number: 20020178129
    Abstract: A lease-business support apparatus collects latest information from a brand-new-sales-company terminal, a secondhand-sales-company terminal, a leasing-company terminal, and a maintenance-company terminal which are related to lease business. By performing quality management and appropriate fixed-period-sales-price calculation based on the latest information, the lease-business support apparatus provides each customer terminal with appropriate lease-business information. This makes it possible to inexpensively lease a high-quality item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Katsunori Horimoto, Kunihiro Takeda, Hitomi Nemoto, Mitsuyoshi Uchida, Osamu Kawabata, Toru Endo, Yoshihisa Tsuji, Shuji Shimada, Masayuki Enari, Hironori Kato, Yoko Toyoda, Hisahito Gondo, Hisayoshi Nakagome, Aritomo Sakamoto, Hideyasu Kokubo, Toshiaki Nagai, Kiyotaka Iwamoto, Kazuo Hotta, Yutaka Okazaki, Hisao Myoga