Patents by Inventor Hiroko Tokuyama

Hiroko Tokuyama 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).

  • File distribution system and method thereof
    Patent number: 6205445
    Abstract: In a file distribution system, an information management unit (10) receives information of a data file version of a target terminal (2) together with information of the hardware type of the terminal (2) and directly references thereto, thereby deciding the file version and hardware type of the terminal, and a file extracting unit (11) selectively extracts a referenced distribution file from the distribution file based on the decision result made by the information management unit (10), and the reference versions of the distribution files together with hardware type information of the terminal are installed in the distribution side without installing the information of the file versions of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroko Tokuyama