Patents by Inventor Eiji KAMINO

Eiji KAMINO 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).

  • Publication number: 20220351188
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital asset transfer method, a digital asset transfer device, and a program that enable more appropriate transfer of a digital asset managed by a peer-to-peer database at the time of death of a user. There is provided a digital asset transfer method executed by a computer, the method including: acquiring death information of a user who owns a cold wallet; identifying a transfer condition for a digital asset registered to an account associated with the cold wallet on a basis of the death information; and signing, using a secret key associated with the cold wallet, registration data registered in a P2P database to transfer the digital asset on a basis of the transfer condition; and deleting the secret key having been used in the signing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige FUKUHARA, Eiji KAMINO, Makoto KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20220261806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit (251) that acquires first data including identification information of an electronic device from the electronic device; a generation unit (252) that generates transaction data including the first data; and an identifying unit (253) that identifies a blockchain in which the generated transaction data is to be registered among a plurality of blockchains based on a type of the generated transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taizo SHIRAI, Eiji KAMINO
  • Patent number: 10922330
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recommender list obtaining unit obtaining a recommender list in which a recommender of content is associated with an evaluation score of the recommender for on a per-genre basis, a recommended content selecting unit selecting recommended content based on the recommender list, and a sending unit sending the recommended content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakamura, Eiji Kamino, Takeshi Iizuka, Akinori Kamoda
  • Patent number: 10123177
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program, which are capable of reducing a psychological barrier by sharing position information in accordance with a gathering of users, and also promoting communication with another user. [Solution] An information processing apparatus, including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of current position information of a plurality of users; and a controller configured to perform control in a manner that, in a case where it is determined that there is a gathering of the plurality of users on the basis of the pieces of current position information, a set sharer is notified of place information based on the pieces of current position information of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Kamino, Kentaro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180027381
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program, which are capable of reducing a psychological barrier by sharing position information in accordance with a gathering of users, and also promoting communication with another user. [Solution] An information processing apparatus, including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of current position information of a plurality of users; and a controller configured to perform control in a manner that, in a case where it is determined that there is a gathering of the plurality of users on the basis of the pieces of current position information, a set sharer is notified of place information based on the pieces of current position information of the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji KAMINO, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180005196
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program, which are capable of automatically sharing position information in accordance with schedule information on an appointment. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire schedule information on an appointment between a plurality of users; and a controller configured to perform control in a manner that pieces of current position information of the plurality of users are shared a predetermined time period before an appointment time included in the schedule information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji KAMINO, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130332469
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recommender list obtaining unit obtaining a recommender list in which a recommender of content is associated with an evaluation score of the recommender for on a per-genre basis, a recommended content selecting unit selecting recommended content based on the recommender list, and a sending unit sending the recommended content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro NAKAMURA, Eiji KAMINO, Takeshi IIZUKA, Akinori KAMODA