Patents by Inventor Hiromi Tanai

Hiromi Tanai 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).

  • Information managing apparatus, information managing method, and computer product
    Patent number: 8538991
    Abstract: A method of a computer, the method including the computer authorizing, not only a first user, but also a second user to access data that is created by the first user and is stored in association with a community. Wherein the first user is registered as a member who belongs to a group, wherein a member belonging to the group is authorized to access data that is accessibly stored for the member of the group, and the second user is defined as a superior of the first user in organization information that indicates hierarchical-relation of users and does not belong to the group. The computer rejects access to the data for an additional user, wherein the additional user has been determined not to be within a publication range of the data, even though the user is within a publication range of the community to which the data belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Hiromi Tanai
  • Information managing apparatus, information managing method, and computer product
    Patent number: 7882096
    Abstract: A storing unit stores therein hierarchical-relation information indicating information on a user having a hierarchical relation. A determining unit determines, when information on an article is acquired from a user who created the information on the article, a user to which the information on the article is to be output, based on the hierarchical-relation information. An output unit outputs the information on the article to a user based on a result of determination by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Hiromi Tanai
  • Information managing apparatus, information managing method, and computer product
    Publication number: 20080059472
    Abstract: A storing unit stores hierarchical-relation information indicating information on a user having a hierarchical relation and article information created by a user in an associated manner. a determining unit determines, when an access request to the article information is received, whether to authorize a terminal of a source of the access request to access the article information, based on the hierarchical-relation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Hiromi Tanai
  • Information managing apparatus, information managing method, and computer product
    Publication number: 20080059430
    Abstract: A storing unit stores therein hierarchical-relation information indicating information on a user having a hierarchical relation. A determining unit determines, when information on an article is acquired from a user who created the information on the article, a user to which the information on the article is to be output, based on the hierarchical-relation information. An output unit outputs the information on the article to a user based on a result of determination by the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Hiromi Tanai