Patents by Inventor Kei Amano

Kei Amano 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).

  • Information broadcasting method, information broadcasting system, and receiving apparatus for transmitting data other than program through digital broadcasting
    Patent number: 8065701
    Abstract: When advertising information is included in a received broadcasting wave, viewer attributes which have previously been registered in an IC card is collated with a target ID added to the advertising information, and the advertising information (icon) in which both of them coincide is selected and displayed (S3, S4). When there is a requesting operation of detailed information, the detailed information is obtained by link information. The detailed information can be obtained from the broadcasting wave (S11, S12) or can be obtained from a homepage via the internet (S17, S18). The detailed information is displayed in place of the picture plane of a program. When a viewer requires to finish the display, the display of the detailed information is finished (S14, S20). When the detailed information is displayed, the presence of the request for the detailed information is recorded as a history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hattori, Hitoshi Yoshinobu, Teruyuki Shitara, Kei Amano, Masanori Ishigaki
  • Information broadcasting method, information broadcasting system, and receiving apparatus for transmitting data other than program through digital broadcasting
    Publication number: 20020066097
    Abstract: When advertising information is included in a received broadcasting wave, viewer attributes which have previously been registered in an IC card is collated with a target ID added to the advertising information, and the advertising information (icon) in which both of them coincide is selected and displayed (S3, S4). When there is a requesting operation of detailed information, the detailed information is obtained by link information. The detailed information can be obtained from the broadcasting wave (S11, S12) or can be obtained from a homepage via the internet (S17, S18). The detailed information is displayed in place of the picture plane of a program. When a viewer requires to finish the display, the display of the detailed information is finished (S14, S20). When the detailed information is displayed, the presence of the request for the detailed information is recorded as a history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hattori, Hitoshi Yoshinobu, Teruyuki Shitara, Kei Amano, Masanori Ishigaki