Patents by Inventor Jiro Kojima

Jiro Kojima 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).

  • Application charging system, information processing apparatus, and control method therefor and memory medium storing program therefor
    Patent number: 7154616
    Abstract: In case a file is prepared by executing an application, the fee for the use of the application is charged according to whether such file is subjected to an output process. Thus the user of the application need not pay the fee for the use of the application for the mere preparation of the file by using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Watanabe, Jiro Kojima, Masayuki Yoshida, Tsuneaki Kurumida, Tsutomu Negishi, Yuichiro Yamasawa, Yoshio Kimura, Yoshiji Kanamoto
  • Application charging system, information processing apparatus, and control method therefor and memory medium storing program therefor
    Publication number: 20020051164
    Abstract: In case a file is prepared by executing an application, the fee for the use of the application is charged according to whether such file is subjected to an output process. Thus the user of the application need not pay the fee for the use of the application for the mere preparation of the file by using the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Watanabe, Jiro Kojima, Masayuki Yoshida, Tsuneaki Kurumida, Tsutomu Negishi, Yuichiro Yamasawa, Yoshio Kimura, Yoshiji Kanamoto