Patents by Inventor Kazunori Sugimura

Kazunori Sugimura 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).

  • Patent number: 11206252
    Abstract: An information processing system, an authentication platform, and an authorization information verification method. The information processing system stores, for each service, association information indicating association between service identification information for identifying the service and the one or more usage functions provided as the service and in verifying the authorization information designating service identification information and one or more usage functions, verify validity of the association between the designated service identification information and the one or more usage functions based on the stored association information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunori Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11150941
    Abstract: An information processing system that includes at least one information processing apparatus and executes programs, each of which performs a predetermined process, the information processing system including a memory unit configured to store, for each of applications performing a sequence of processes using electronic data, program identification information identifying at least one program performing each process of the sequence of processes, flow information defining an execution order of the at least one program, and app identification information identifying each of the applications, while associating the program identification information, the flow information, and the app identification information, a registering unit, and a process executing unit, in receipt of a request including information related to the electronic data and the app identification information from a second apparatus, configured to cause the program identified by the program identification information in accordance with the execution
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Namihira, Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Kazunori Sugimura, Hikaru Kominami, Zhi Min, Dongzhe Zhang, Ryutaro Sakanashi
  • Publication number: 20200244643
    Abstract: An information processing system, an authentication platform, and an authorization information verification method. The information processing system stores, for each service, association information indicating association between service identification information for identifying the service and the one or more usage functions provided as the service and in verifying the authorization information designating service identification information and one or more usage functions, verify validity of the association between the designated service identification information and the one or more usage functions based on the stored association information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: KAZUNORI SUGIMURA
  • Patent number: 10445489
    Abstract: An information processing system including programs respectively executing predetermined processes includes a first memory unit storing, for each application executing a sequence of processes using electronic data in collaboration with an external service, flow information that defines program identification information and an execution order of the programs, app identification information, a permitting unit receiving a first request that includes the app identification information and external service identification information, acquiring a permission token from the external service, and causing a second memory unit to store the acquired permission token, user identification information, and the app identification information, a sending unit receiving a second request, and a process executing unit receiving a third request and causing the program to execute the sequence of processes, wherein the permitting unit determines a scope of the permission token based on the flow information stored in association wit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Kazunori Sugimura, Kohsuke Namihira, Hikaru Kominami, Dongzhe Zhang, Ryutaro Sakanashi, Zhi Min
  • Publication number: 20190303194
    Abstract: An information processing system that includes at least one information processing apparatus and executes programs, each of which performs a predetermined process, the information processing system including a memory unit configured to store, for each of applications performing a sequence of processes using electronic data, program identification information identifying at least one program performing each process of the sequence of processes, flow information defining an execution order of the at least one program, and app identification information identifying each of the applications, while associating the program identification information, the flow information, and the app identification information, a registering unit, and a process executing unit, in receipt of a request including information related to the electronic data and the app identification information from a second apparatus, configured to cause the program identified by the program identification information in accordance with the execution
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke NAMIHIRA, Yuuichiroh HAYASHI, Kazunori SUGIMURA, Hikaru KOMINAMI, Zhi MIN, Dongzhe ZHANG, Ryutaro SAKANASHI
  • Patent number: 10372485
    Abstract: An information processing system that includes at least one information processing apparatus and executes programs, each of which performs a predetermined process, the information processing system including a memory unit configured to store, for each of applications performing a sequence of processes using electronic data, program identification information identifying at least one program performing each process of the sequence of processes, flow information defining an execution order of the at least one program, and app identification information identifying each of the applications, while associating the program identification information, the flow information, and the app identification information, a registering unit, and a process executing unit, in receipt of a request including information related to the electronic data and the app identification information from a second apparatus, configured to cause the program identified by the program identification information in accordance with the execution
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Namihira, Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Kazunori Sugimura, Hikaru Kominami, Zhi Min, Dongzhe Zhang, Ryutaro Sakanashi
  • Patent number: 10306080
    Abstract: An information processing system sending setup information related to a setup of an apparatus to the apparatus includes the apparatus including a receiving unit configured to receive user information of a user of the apparatus, and a first communication unit configured to send the user information and the apparatus information related to the apparatus to an information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus including a second communication unit configured to receive the user information and the apparatus information, and a setup information determining unit configured to determine the setup information of the apparatus used by the user based on the apparatus information and the user information, wherein the second communication unit sends the setup information determined by the setup information determining unit to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Uchibori, Kazunori Sugimura, Ei Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10277774
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimura, Kiyohiro Hyo
  • Patent number: 10120758
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit storing application identification information of an application for executing a first process in association with information relating to the first process; a receiving unit that receives a request including the application identification information and information relating to electronic data from a device; a process execution unit that executes the first process on electronic data based on the information relating to the first process stored in association with the application identification information included in the request and the information relating to the electronic data included in the request; and a process generation unit that generates information relating to a second process for rolling back a processing result of the first process executed by the process execution unit. The process execution unit executes the second process based on the generated information relating to the second process when an error occurs in the first process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Kazunori Sugimura, Kohsuke Namihira, Dongzhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 10122870
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an application information memory unit configured to store an identification information piece for identifying an application and a process information piece for executing a series of processes in combination with programs for each of the application executing the series of processes, which uses an electronic data, in collaboration with an external service while associating these; a service process unit configure to receive a request including the identification information piece and an electronic data information piece; and a logic process unit configured to read the process information piece corresponding to the identification information piece included in the request, and execute the series of processes using the electronic data of the electronic data information piece included in the received request and using at least one program from among the programs or any combination of the programs based on the read process information piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimura, Yuuichiroh Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10114940
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit that stores, with respect to each application, application identification information identifying the application for executing a series of processes in cooperation with an external service and information relating to the series of processes; a receiving unit that receives from a device connected to the information processing system, a request including first authentication information acquired by the device from an authentication infrastructure, the application identification information, and information relating to electronic data designated by a user at the device; an acquisition unit that acquires second authentication information for using the external service based on the first authentication information included in the received request; and an execution unit that executes a process on the electronic data based on the information relating to the series of processes associated with the application identification information included in the received
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimura, Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Kohsuke Namihira, Dongzhe Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180240130
    Abstract: A system includes a service providing system that provides a service to be linked with an apparatus; and a license information issuance system that issues and manages license information not associated with any service subscriber. The service providing system includes a first registration unit that receives an organization registration request including first license information from a terminal device operated by a user of an organization, and registers the organization and the user when the first license information in the organization registration request is not associated with any service subscriber; and a second registration unit that receives a service registration request including second license information from the terminal device operated by the registered user, and registers a service corresponding to the second license information to allow the organization to use the service, when the second license information in the service registration request is not associated with any service subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori TAKATSU, Kazunori SUGIMURA, Minami OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180109688
    Abstract: An information processing system sending setup information related to a setup of an apparatus to the apparatus includes the apparatus including a receiving unit configured to receive user information of a user of the apparatus, and a first communication unit configured to send the user information and the apparatus information related to the apparatus to an information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus including a second communication unit configured to receive the user information and the apparatus information, and a setup information determining unit configured to determine the setup information of the apparatus used by the user based on the apparatus information and the user information, wherein the second communication unit sends the setup information determined by the setup information determining unit to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki UCHIBORI, Kazunori SUGIMURA, Ei MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 9904499
    Abstract: An information processing system stores, for each application for carrying out a first sequence of processes using electronic data, application identification information and first-sequence information in a manner of associating them with one another; receives a request including the application identification information and electronic-data information; carries out the first sequence of processes on the electronic data according to the request; determines, before carrying out each process of the first sequence of processes, whether to generate second-sequence information where information concerning an additional process to be carried out before the process of the first sequence of processes is added, and if the determination result is to generate the second-sequence information, generates the second-sequence information and carries out a second sequence of processes where the additional process is carried out before the process of the first sequence of processes, on the electronic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Namihira, Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Kazunori Sugimura, Dongzhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 9871940
    Abstract: An information processing system implements a receiving unit receiving a request including app identification information, first flow identification information, information related to electronic data used in a first sequence of processes from one apparatus among from at least one apparatus coupled to the information processing system, and a process executing unit causing each program of the at least one program identified by program identification information defined by first flow identification information included in the request in association with the app identification information included in the request received by the receiving unit to be executed according to an execution order defined in the first flow information, and, in response to the error occurring in the first sequence of processes, causes the each program to be executed in the execution order defined in the second flow information to execute the second sequence of processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Min, Yuuichiroh Hayashi, Hikaru Kominami, Kazunori Sugimura, Kohsuke Namihira, Ryutaro Sakanashi, Dongzhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 9819751
    Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus; a receiving unit which receives a first processing request to at least one external service unit performing a process in collaboration with a first program that is operated in the at least information processing apparatus; and a processing request unit which performs, when the first processing request is received by the receiving unit, a second processing request to the at least one external service unit based on the first processing request through an interface unit among a plurality of interface units commonly used for the at least one external service unit, the interface unit being used by the external service unit corresponding to identification information of the at least one external service unit included in the first processing request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimura, Dongzhe Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170280007
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori SUGIMURA, Kiyohiro Hyo
  • Patent number: 9706078
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimura, Kiyohiro Hyo
  • Publication number: 20170109194
    Abstract: An information processing system that includes at least one information processing apparatus and executes programs, each of which performs a predetermined process, the information processing system including a memory unit configured to store, for each of applications performing a sequence of processes using electronic data, program identification information identifying at least one program performing each process of the sequence of processes, flow information defining an execution order of the at least one program, and app identification information identifying each of the applications, while associating the program identification information, the flow information, and the app identification information, a registering unit, and a process executing unit, in receipt of a request including information related to the electronic data and the app identification information from a second apparatus, configured to cause the program identified by the program identification information in accordance with the execution
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke NAMIHIRA, Yuuichiroh HAYASHI, Kazunori SUGIMURA, Hikaru KOMINAMI, Zhi MIN, Dongzhe ZHANG, Ryutaro SAKANASHI
  • Publication number: 20170083697
    Abstract: An information processing system including programs respectively executing predetermined processes includes a first memory unit storing, for each application executing a sequence of processes using electronic data in collaboration with an external service, flow information that defines program identification information and an execution order of the programs, app identification information, a permitting unit receiving a first request that includes the app identification information and external service identification information, acquiring a permission token from the external service, and causing a second memory unit to store the acquired permission token, user identification information, and the app identification information, a sending unit receiving a second request, and a process executing unit receiving a third request and causing the program to execute the sequence of processes, wherein the permitting unit determines a scope of the permission token based on the flow information stored in association wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichiroh HAYASHI, Kazunori SUGIMURA, Kohsuke NAMIHIRA, Hikaru KOMINAMI, Dongzhe ZHANG, Ryutaro SAKANASHI, Zhi MIN