Patents by Inventor Keiichi Takeuchi

Keiichi Takeuchi 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 collecting and/or service furnishing systems by which a user can request information from a central data base using a portable personal terminal and an access terminal
    Patent number: 5339239
    Abstract: An information collecting system comprises an access terminal connectable to a data base through a network and a host computer, an IC memory card adapted for removable insertion into the access terminal, and a portable personal terminal. Requests for an item of information, from a customer, are inputted and recorded in the IC memory card using the personal terminal and the IC memory card is inserted into the access terminal. The request for information is transmitted through the access terminal to the data base and the requested information, transmitted from the data base, is stored in the IC memory card. Thereafter, the IC memory card, storing the information, is inserted into the personal terminal whereby the requested information is displayed on a display formed in the personal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Plastics Industries Limited, Hudson Soft Co., Ltd., JAL Data Communication & Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Manabe, Osamu Murakami, Keiichi Takeuchi, Junichi Matsuura