Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Hayama

Kazuhiro Hayama 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).

  • Device management system, management client, controller server, method for managing usage context of device, and recording medium which records the method
    Patent number: 7216360
    Abstract: A process controlling unit included in a multifunction-device controller sends an acquired ID number and a request for identifying the user corresponding to the ID number, to a controller server. The controller server searches a user management file for user information corresponding to the ID number. The controller server sends, to the multifunction-device controller, information representing that user verification is successfully made when user information is acquired. Upon reception of such information, the process controlling unit permits the verified user to operate a copier making copies of documents. Upon completion of the copying operation, the process controlling unit acquires information representing the number of copies made by the user. Then, the process controlling unit creates usage information of the copier, and sends the created usage information to the controller server. The controller server stores the received usage information into a usage-information management file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakao, Kazuhiro Hayama, Norihiko Matsuo
  • Device management system, management client, controller server, method for managing usage context of device, and recording medium which records the method
    Publication number: 20050273863
    Abstract: A process controlling unit included in a multifunction-device controller sends an acquired ID number and a request for identifying the user corresponding to the ID number, to a controller server. The controller server searches a user management file for user information corresponding to the ID number. The controller server sends, to the multifunction-device controller, information representing that user verification is successfully made when user information is acquired. Upon reception of such information, the process controlling unit permits the verified user to operate a copier making copies of documents. Upon completion of the copying operation, the process controlling unit acquires information representing the number of copies made by the user. Then, the process controlling unit creates usage information of the copier, and sends the created usage information to the controller server. The controller server stores the received usage information into a usage-information management file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakao, Kazuhiro Hayama, Norihiko Matsuo
  • Device management system, management client, controller server, method for managing usage context of device, and recording medium which records the method
    Publication number: 20010054152
    Abstract: A process controlling unit included in a multifunction-device controller sends an acquired ID number and a request for identifying the user corresponding to the ID number, to a controller server. The controller server searches a user management file for user information corresponding to the ID number. The controller server sends, to the multifunction-device controller, information representing that user verification is successfully made when user information is acquired. Upon reception of such information, the process controlling unit permits the verified user to operate a copier making copies of documents. Upon completion of the copying operation, the process controlling unit acquires information representing the number of copies made by the user. Then, the process controlling unit creates usage information of the copier, and sends the created usage information to the controller server. The controller server stores the received usage information into a usage-information management file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakao, Kazuhiro Hayama, Norihiko Matsuo