Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tamate

Hiroshi Tamate 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 processing system, information processing device, information processing method, program and information storage medium for setting download permissions or settings
    Patent number: 10031866
    Abstract: It is made possible for a user to set whether to download data used by a program without waiting for the acceptance of a download permission or download the data in response to the acceptance of the download permission via a screen that allows for making the setting for a plurality of programs. An input/output control section (90) accepts, from the user, a setting as to whether to select an automatic download state or a manual download state via a screen that allows for doing so for a plurality of programs. If the setting of selecting the automatic download state is accepted, an item management section (96) downloads the data from a server without waiting for the acceptance of the download permission from the user when a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the setting of selecting the manual download state is accepted, the item management section (96) downloads the data from the server in response to the acceptance of the download permission from the user when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Hiroshi Tamate, Keisuke Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki
  • Information processing system, information processing terminal, information processing method, program, and information storage medium
    Patent number: 9351108
    Abstract: The present invention is to facilitate finding of a user expected to have a high relevance among other users present in the same living area when identification information of these other users is displayed as a list. A location information acquirer acquires location information showing a location measured in an information processing terminal. A display controller (70) carries out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Eiichi Nishina, Kenji Kaido, Hiroshi Tamate
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150207730
    Abstract: It is made possible for a user to set whether to download data used by a program without waiting for the acceptance of a download permission or download the data in response to the acceptance of the download permission via a screen that allows for making the setting for a plurality of programs. An input/output control section (90) accepts, from the user, a setting as to whether to select an automatic download state or a manual download state via a screen that allows for doing so for a plurality of programs. If the setting of selecting the automatic download state is accepted, an item management section (96) downloads the data from a server without waiting for the acceptance of the download permission from the user when a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the setting of selecting the manual download state is accepted, the item management section (96) downloads the data from the server in response to the acceptance of the download permission from the user when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Hiroshi Tamate, Keisuke Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150024783
    Abstract: The present invention is to facilitate finding of a user expected to have a high relevance among other users present in the same living area when identification information of these other users is displayed as a list. A location information acquirer acquires location information showing a location measured in an information processing terminal. A display controller (70) carries out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Eiichi Nishina, Kenji Kaido, Hiroshi Tamate