Patents by Inventor Ikuo Kobori

Ikuo Kobori 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).

  • Controlling content distribution using multiple devices
    Patent number: 10108981
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first advertisement management part configured to manage an output of first advertisement content from a first device, a second advertisement management part configured to manage an output of second advertisement content from a second device, the second device being different from the first device, the second advertisement content being related to the first advertisement content, and a linked output controller configured to control, based on first information acquired by the first advertisement management part from the first device and linked output setting information defining an operation of the second advertisement content in association with the first information, the output of the second advertisement content from the second device through the second advertisement management part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobori, Yoshio Tsuda, Masato Kawada, Kensuke Onuma, Eiji Miyakawa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140222579
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first advertisement management part configured to manage an output of first advertisement content from a first device, a second advertisement management part configured to manage an output of second advertisement content from a second device, the second device being different from the first device, the second advertisement content being related to the first advertisement content, and a linked output controller configured to control, based on first information acquired by the first advertisement management part from the first device and linked output setting information defining an operation of the second advertisement content in association with the first information, the output of the second advertisement content from the second device through the second advertisement management part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobori, Yoshio Tsuda, Masato Kawada, Kensuke Onuma, Eiji Miyakawa