Patents by Inventor Katsumi Sogabe

Katsumi Sogabe 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).

  • Apparatus for notifying a system administrator or an operator of reception of a message containing monitored information in a manner selected according to user situation
    Patent number: 7237019
    Abstract: In a message notification apparatus, message-type information defining one or more types of messages of which an operator is to be notified, and notification-manner information defining at least one manner in which the operator is to be notified of reception of each of the one or more types of messages are defined and stored. The message notification apparatus receives user-situation information indicating a situation of the operator. When the message notification apparatus receives a message, the message is compared with the one or more types of messages, and at least one notification manner is determined based on the notification-manner information and the user-situation information when the message is one of the one or more types of messages. Then, the message notification apparatus notifies the operator of reception of the message in the at least one notification manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Katsumi Sogabe, Yuji Izumi
  • Apparatus for notifying a system administrator or an operator of reception of a message containing monitored information in a manner selected according to user situation
    Publication number: 20020129141
    Abstract: In a message notification apparatus, message-type information defining one or more types of messages of which an operator is to be notified, and notification-manner information defining at least one manner in which the operator is to be notified of reception of each of the one or more types of messages are defined and stored. The message notification apparatus receives user-situation information indicating a situation of the operator. When the message notification apparatus receives a message, the message is compared with the one or more types of messages, and at least one notification manner is determined based on the notification-manner information and the user-situation information when the message is one of the one or more types of messages. Then, the message notification apparatus notifies the operator of reception of the message in the at least one notification manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumi Sogabe, Yuji Izumi