Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tanjo

Hiroyuki Tanjo 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 provision system, information provision method, and information provision program
    Patent number: 9396003
    Abstract: An information providing system according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of help topics corresponding to a plurality of entry fields to be displayed on a screen from a field/topic storage unit that stores help topics corresponding to entry fields. The display control unit displays the plurality of entry fields in an entry area in the screen displayed on a user terminal and displays the plurality of help topics acquired by the acquisition unit in a help area in the screen. When a field/topic displayed in one of the entry area and the help area is specified, the display control unit makes a display mode of a field/topic in the other area corresponding to the specified field/topic different from a display mode of the other fields/topics in the other area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisako Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Tanjo, Eiko Mitsui, Mitsuru Shibata
  • INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140351701
    Abstract: An information providing system according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of help topics corresponding to a plurality of entry fields to be displayed on a screen from a field/topic storage unit that stores help topics corresponding to entry fields. The display control unit displays the plurality of entry fields in an entry area in the screen displayed on a user terminal and displays the plurality of help topics acquired by the acquisition unit in a help area in the screen. When a field/topic displayed in one of the entry area and the help area is specified, the display control unit makes a display mode of a field/topic in the other area corresponding to the specified field/topic different from a display mode of the other fields/topics in the other area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Hisako Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Tanjo, Eiko Mitsui, Mitsuru Shibata