Patents by Inventor Hideaki Suga

Hideaki Suga 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).

  • SERVER APPARATUS AND CLIENT APPARATUS IN PRESENCE DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150236989
    Abstract: The presence display system of the present invention displays presences and distances between buddies. The mobile station 11 performs poling to the user data section 26 at predetermined time intervals, transmits location information of the mobile station 11 to the presence server 27, receives buddies state information and information indicating the proximity between the user and the buddies, and displays the presence of the buddies by means of an icon with a size that corresponds with the proximity. The buddy list server 28 calculates the distance between the user and the buddies from the location information of the mobile station 11 and the location information of the requested buddies in accordance with the poling by the mobile station 11, determines the proximity by comparing the distance with a threshold value that is set by the user, and transmits the proximity to the mobile station 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Koichi Shimamura, Takenori Sekiya, Satoshi Nishizawa, Hideaki Suga, Jota Nakatsuma, Hisashi Kato, Yoshimi Saito
  • Server apparatus and client apparatus in presence display system
    Patent number: 8965948
    Abstract: The presence display system of the present invention displays presences and distances between buddies. The mobile station 11 performs poling to the user data section 26 at predetermined time intervals, transmits location information of the mobile station 11 to the presence server 27, receives buddies state information and information indicating the proximity between the user and the buddies, and displays the presence of the buddies by means of an icon with a size that corresponds with the proximity. The buddy list server 28 calculates the distance between the user and the buddies from the location information of the mobile station 11 and the location information of the requested buddies in accordance with the poling by the mobile station 11, determines the proximity by comparing the distance with a threshold value that is set by the user, and transmits the proximity to the mobile station 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Koichi Shimamura, Takenori Sekiya, Satoshi Nishizawa, Hideaki Suga, Jota Nakatsuma, Hisashi Kato, Yoshimi Saito
  • Server apparatus and client apparatus in presence display system
    Publication number: 20070078965
    Abstract: The presence display system of the present invention displays presences and distances between buddies. The mobile station 11 performs poling to the user data section 26 at predetermined time intervals, transmits location information of the mobile station 11 to the presence server 27, receives buddies state information and information indicating the proximity between the user and the buddies, and displays the presence of the buddies by means of an icon with a size that corresponds with the proximity. The buddy list server 28 calculates the distance between the user and the buddies from the location information of the mobile station 11 and the location information of the requested buddies in accordance with the poling by the mobile station 11, determines the proximity by comparing the distance with a threshold value that is set by the user, and transmits the proximity to the mobile station 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Koichi Shimamura, Takenori Sekiya, Satoshi Nishizawa, Hideaki Suga, Jota Nakatsuma, Hisashi Kato, Yoshimi Saito