Patents by Inventor Izuru Hashimura

Izuru Hashimura 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).

  • IN-HOME EQUIPMENT, CONTENT HANDOFF METHOD, AND CONTENT HANDOFF PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130305296
    Abstract: The in-home equipment comprises: playback availability determining means 11 which, in the case of generation of a playback request for playing back a content on any of the plurality of playback devices, determines whether the playback device requested to play back the content is able to play back the content; and playback instructing means 12 which, in the case where the playback availability determining means 11 determines that the playback device is able to play back the content, causes the playback device to play back the content, wherein, in the case of generation of a handoff request to playback process by the playback device playing back the content to other playback device, the playback availability determining means 11 determines whether the other playback device is able to play back the content, and the in-home equipment further comprises handoff control means 13 which stops the playback of the content and causes the other playback device to play back the content from a handoff position in the case w
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: NEC SOFTWARE HOKKAIDO, LTD., NEC ACCESS TECHNICA, LTD.
    Inventors: Izuru Hashimura, Masaki Sakata