Patents by Inventor Junn OHTA

Junn OHTA 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).

  • Authentication apparatus, authentication method and computer readable information recording medium
    Patent number: 8621565
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus authenticates an information processing apparatus in cooperation with an external authentication apparatus. The authentication apparatus responds to a request from the information processing apparatus to carry out authentication and obtain item values, and carries out authentication for a required account; responds to the authentication being carried out, and obtains from the external authentication apparatus an item value corresponding to an item name that is set as an item to be synchronized each time; updates an item value in a local database by the obtained item value; obtains a set of item values including the updated item value; and returns to the information processing apparatus a result of the authentication having been carried out and the obtained set of item values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junn Ohta
  • AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20120311667
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus authenticates an information processing apparatus in cooperation with an external authentication apparatus. The authentication apparatus responds to a request from the information processing apparatus to carry out authentication and obtain item values, and carries out authentication for a required account; responds to the authentication being carried out, and obtains from the external authentication apparatus an item value corresponding to an item name that is set as an item to be synchronized each time; updates an item value in a local database by the obtained item value; obtains a set of item values including the updated item value; and returns to the information processing apparatus a result of the authentication having been carried out and the obtained set of item values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Junn OHTA