Patents by Inventor Hajime Horikawa

Hajime Horikawa 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: 7275688
    Abstract: A price information presentation system that easily notifies a shopping customer that his/her buying price is lower than one when buying at another store to improve the satisfaction level of the customer. The system includes a price database of other stores, a buying information input section, an obtaining section of another store's price information that refers to the price database of other stores and obtains the selling price of the same article at another store as the article that the customer bought, a price difference calculating section that calculates a price difference between the selling prices of the article that the customer bought and the selling price at another store, and presentation sections that present the price difference calculated by the price difference calculating section to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Itou, Hajime Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20050121515
    Abstract: A price information presentation system that easily notifies a customer who did his/her shopping that his/her buying price is lower than one when buying at another store to improve the satisfaction level of the customer. The system is constituted by comprising a price database of other stores, a buying information input section, an obtaining section of another store's price information that refers to the price database of other stores and obtains the selling price of the same article at another store as the article that the customer bought, a price difference calculating section that calculates a price difference between the selling prices of the article that the customer bought and the selling price at another store, and presentation sections that present the price difference calculated by the price difference calculating section to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Itou, Hajime Horikawa