Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Fukae

Hidetaka Fukae 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).

  • DVD rental system and method
    Patent number: 6654547
    Abstract: A digital versatile disc (DVD) includes a read-only ROM area in which video is previously recorded, and a readable/writable RAM area. A lender DVD apparatus writes a playback/recording control program in the RAM area of the DVD to be rented. A user DVD apparatus reads the playback/recording control program from the RAM area of the rented DVD. Following the playback/recording control program, the user DVD apparatus receives digital broadcasting, extracts commercial messages therefrom, and writes the extracted commercial messages in the RAM area. Then, the user DVD apparatus reads the video from the ROM area and the commercial messages from the RAM area for playback. Then, the user DVD apparatus generates history data indicating how many times and which commercial message has been played-back, and writes the generated history data in the RAM area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Maeda, Hidetaka Fukae
  • DVD rental system and method
    Publication number: 20030138240
    Abstract: A DVD includes a read-only ROM area in which video is previously recorded, and a readable/writable RAM area. A lender DVD apparatus writes a playback/recording control program in the RAM area of the DVD to be rented. A user DVD apparatus reads the playback/recording control program from the RAM area of the rented DVD. Following the playback/recording control program, the user DVD apparatus receives digital broadcasting, extracts CMs therefrom, and writes the extracted CMs in the RAM area. Then, the user DVD apparatus reads the video from the ROM area and the CMs from the RAM area for playback. Then, the user DVD apparatus generates history data indicating how many times and which CM has been played-back, and writes the generated history data in the RAM area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuki Maeda, Hidetaka Fukae