Patents by Inventor Gen Tsuchikawa

Gen Tsuchikawa 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 transfer of digital media
    Patent number: 8996400
    Abstract: Digital content can be sold by an original sales entity (OSE) to an affiliate sales entity (ASE) for playing of the content by the ASE. The ASE is permitted to transfer the content to another ASE, and sales credit for the secondary transfer is split between the transferring ASE and the OSE upon synchronization of a ledger of the recipient ASE with the system database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Milton Massey Frazier, Jason R. Meerbergen, Gen Tsuchikawa, Edgar Allan Tu
  • System and method for transfer of digital media
    Publication number: 20080300901
    Abstract: Digital content can be sold by an original sales entity (OSE) to an affiliate sales entity (ASE) for playing of the content by the ASE. The ASE is permitted to transfer the content to another ASE, and sales credit for the secondary transfer is split between the transferring ASE and the OSE upon synchronization of a ledger of the recipient ASE with the system database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Milton Massey Frazier, Jason R. Meerbergen, Gen Tsuchikawa, Edgar Allan Tu
  • Internet adapter system and method for television
    Publication number: 20080046943
    Abstract: A TV communicates with an Internet video system providing video content to the TV for display of the content on the TV. The Internet video system also provides information to the TV for rendering into a user interface (UI) screen on the TV and presenting icons representing respective Internet video providers, the icons being arranged on the screen in accordance with respective remunerations remitted by each provider. Parental controls entered into the V-chip of the TV can be automatically provided to the Internet video system for implementation in the Internet video system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Nick Colsey, Mark Allen Hanson, Jason R. Meerbergen, Lee Pedlow, Gen Tsuchikawa