Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hourin

Hiroyuki Hourin 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 apparatus for obtaining information related to a keyword in an email message
    Patent number: 9501520
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium which can present associated information related to a document to be processed to a user. An accumulation block accumulates a database of associated information. A presentation block presents to the user the associated information corresponding to the document to be processed at occurrence of an event. An agent control block controls the manner of displaying an agent for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hourin, Kazunori Ohmura
  • Information processing apparatus and method and program storage medium
    Patent number: 8468157
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium which can present associated information related to a document to be processed to a user by using an accumulation block that accumulates a database of associated information. A presentation block presents to the user the associated information corresponding to the document to be processed at occurrence of an event. An agent control block controls the manner of displaying an agent for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hourin, Kazunori Ohmura
  • Information processing apparatus and method and program storage medium
    Publication number: 20010018685
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium which can present associated information related to a document to be processed to a user. An accumulation block accumulates a database of associated information. A presentation block presents to the user the associated information corresponding to the document to be processed at occurrence of an event. An agent control block controls the manner of displaying an agent for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hourin, Kazunori Ohmura