Patents by Inventor Hiroshige NONAKA

Hiroshige NONAKA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240098190
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to form an image, transmit the image to a server that generates a processed image of the image by executing a designated image process on the image and is on an outside of a firewall, and, in a case where the image includes designation information designating the processed image to be transmitted to an instructed transmission destination via a fax line, request an alternative apparatus to fax-transmit the processed image to the transmission destination, the alternative apparatus being on an inside of the firewall together and having a fax function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato SUGII, Satoshi WATANABE, Hiroshige NONAKA, Haruhisa HOSHINO, Yusuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20240056540
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus that executes a predetermined process, and a second information processing apparatus that is communicably connected to the first information processing apparatus via a firewall and that executes a part of the process in response to a request from the first information processing apparatus, in which the first information processing apparatus includes a first processor, the first processor is configured to record, in executing the process, logs of the process with a first identifier for identifying the process, the second information processing apparatus includes a second processor, the second processor is configured to record, in executing the process, logs of the process with a second identifier for identifying the process, and the first processor or the second processor is configured to link the first identifier to the second identifier and record the logs recorded by the first processor and the logs recorded by the second pro
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroshige NONAKA
  • Patent number: 11758034
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processors configured to: acquire a first address list stored in an external apparatus; and when synchronizing the acquired first address list and a second address list stored in the own apparatus, display a third address list in which information duplicated between the first address list and the second address list have been consolidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroshige Nonaka
  • Patent number: 11632482
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform connection to an external server that can be connected from the information processing apparatus and instruct the external server to execute processing as a first job, and then release a resource used in the first job, make an inquiry about whether or not the processing is completed to the external server, and wait for a response from the external server, in a case where a response indicating that the processing by the external server is completed is received in response to the inquiry, execute a second job that is different from the first job and is cooperated with the first job, and, in a case where a connection between the information processing apparatus and the external server is disconnected before or during the execution of the second job, make an inquiry about whether or not the processing is completed to the external server again and wait for a response from the external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masato Sugii, Hiroshige Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20230106262
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: as a first job, perform connection to an external server that is enable to be connected from the information processing apparatus, instruct the external server to execute processing by designating shared information held in a storage device that is enable to be shared by plural jobs, hold the designated shared information in a primary storage section, and release a resource used in the first job, as a second job different from the first job, acquire a result of the processing by the external server, and execute processing using the shared information designated in the first job and held in the primary storage section, and change the shared information held in the storage device and not changing the shared information held in the primary storage section in a case where an operation of changing the shared information is performed between execution of the first job and start of the second job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshige NONAKA, Satoshi WATANABE, Masato SUGII
  • Publication number: 20230095393
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform connection to an external server that can be connected from the information processing apparatus and instruct the external server to execute processing as a first job, and then release a resource used in the first job, make an inquiry about whether or not the processing is completed to the external server, and wait for a response from the external server, in a case where a response indicating that the processing by the external server is completed is received in response to the inquiry, execute a second job that is different from the first job and is cooperated with the first job, and, in a case where a connection between the information processing apparatus and the external server is disconnected before or during the execution of the second job, make an inquiry about whether or not the processing is completed to the external server again and wait for a response from the external server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi WATANABE, Masato SUGII, Hiroshige NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20230083103
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus; and a server, in which the server acquires data to be processed from the information processing apparatus and executes processing on the data, and the information processing apparatus transmits the data to be processed to the server as a first job, and acquires data of a processing result for the data to be processed, which is transmitted to the server in the first job, as a second job different from the first job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato SUGII, Hiroshige NONAKA, Satoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220201111
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processors configured to: acquire a first address list stored in an external apparatus; and when synchronizing the acquired first address list and a second address list stored in the own apparatus, display a third address list in which information duplicated between the first address list and the second address list have been consolidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroshige NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10075613
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a presentation unit that, in response to receipt of an instruction to present a favorite destination of transmission, presents destination information designated as a favorite for the transmitting application of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshige Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20180035005
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a presentation unit that, in response to receipt of an instruction to present a favorite destination of transmission, presents destination information designated as a favorite for the transmitting application of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshige NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9584678
    Abstract: An image data storing device includes: an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data; a storing unit that stores the image data obtained by the image data obtaining unit into any one of plural storage regions, to each of which a name is assigned; a reception unit that receives the name of the storage region in which the image data is stored from external equipment, the name being obtained by the external equipment that takes the image data from the storage region, and the name being set by a user; and a memory that stores the name received by the reception unit in association with the storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshige Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20160050323
    Abstract: An image data storing device includes: an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data; a storing unit that stores the image data obtained by the image data obtaining unit into any one of plural storage regions, to each of which a name is assigned; a reception unit that receives the name of the storage region in which the image data is stored from external equipment, the name being obtained by the external equipment that takes the image data from the storage region, and the name being set by a user; and a memory that stores the name received by the reception unit in association with the storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshige NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9088676
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains processed data which is processed in response to a request received from a user, a determining unit that determines a mode for providing the processed data, on the basis of priority levels which are assigned in advance to plural modes for providing data by the user or a user to whom the processed data is to be provided, and on the basis of availability of each of the plural modes, and a providing unit that provides the processed data in the mode determined by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Kato, Hiroshige Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20140368849
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains processed data which is processed in response to a request received from a user, a determining unit that determines a mode for providing the processed data, on the basis of priority levels which are assigned in advance to plural modes for providing data by the user or a user to whom the processed data is to be provided, and on the basis of availability of each of the plural modes, and a providing unit that provides the processed data in the mode determined by the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka KATO, Hiroshige NONAKA