Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nito

Hiroaki Nito 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).

  • Electronic key information system
    Patent number: 7644277
    Abstract: In an authentication apparatus 300, so as to confirm whether a user is legitimate in supplying key information to a resource 500, discernment information for identifying the user is caused to be input, and only in a case where this discernment information coincided with the stored discernment information of the user, the key information is supplied to the resource. Also, in causing the authentication apparatus 300 to register the discernment information of the user, the discernment information is caused to be input, this discernment information is collated with the discernment information registered in a key information management center 200, and in a case where it coincided, the authentication apparatus 300 is caused to register the discernment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nito
  • Electronic key information system
    Publication number: 20050047599
    Abstract: In an authentication apparatus 300, so as to confirm whether a user is legitimate in supplying key information to a resource 500, discernment information for identifying the user is caused to be input, and only in a case where this discernment information coincided with the stored discernment information of the user, the key information is supplied to the resource. Also, in causing the authentication apparatus 300 to register the discernment information of the user, the discernment information is caused to be input, this discernment information is collated with the discernment information registered in a key information management center 200, and in a case where it coincided, the authentication apparatus 300 is caused to register the discernment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nito