Patents by Inventor Ken-ichiro Shimokura

Ken-ichiro Shimokura 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: 7617238
    Abstract: A system management method is disclosed for associating a process object and a process with each node in a tree structure, and operating each node based on the tree structure so as to manage the process object and the process, including: registering a registered user that performs operations for a general node corresponding to the process object or for a function node corresponding to the process; setting the function node as a child node of the general node corresponding to the process object for which the process corresponding to the function node should be performed, and setting the general node as a parent node of the function node; setting registered user operation authority for each registered user; and, when execution of the process corresponding to the function node is requested by the registered user, causing the function node to execute the process only when the process is permitted by the registered user operation authority, of the registered user requesting the process, set in the general node tha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Jouji Nakayama, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Ken-ichiro Shimokura, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Kimitaka Endo, Takashi Imaeda
  • Patent number: 7454421
    Abstract: A database access control apparatus generates and stores an access key based on a user ID of a user apparatus. Then, the database access control apparatus sends the access key to the user apparatus with an address of a proxy process server apparatus. The user apparatus sends the access key to the proxy process server apparatus when making a database access request, and the proxy process server apparatus sends the access key to the database access control apparatus when making a database process request. When receiving the database process request, the database access control apparatus determines whether an access key same as the access key received from the proxy process server apparatus is stored in the database access control apparatus, and accesses the database only if having the access key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Imaeda, Kimitaka Endo, Jouji Nakayama, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Ken-ichiro Shimokura, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Hirohisa Tezuka, Masato Urano
  • Publication number: 20060143189
    Abstract: A disclosed database access control apparatus generates and stores an access key based on a user ID of a user apparatus. Then, the database access control apparatus sends the access key to the user apparatus with an address of a proxy process server apparatus. The user apparatus sends the access key to the proxy process server apparatus when making a database access request, ad the proxy process server apparatus sends the access key to the database access control apparatus when making a database process request. When receiving the database process request, the database access control apparatus determines whether an access key the same as the access key received from the proxy process server apparatus is stored in the database access control apparatus, and accesses the database only if having the access key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Imaeda, Kimitaka Endo, Jouji Nakayama, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Ken-ichiro Shimokura, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Hirohisa Tezuka, Masato Urano
  • Patent number: 5987612
    Abstract: An Internet accessing system which allows automatic user login onto the Internet with the use of two cards and card readers. One card contains information about an Internet access point telephone number, the ID number of the user, and the password of the user. The second card contains information about the URL designating the location of the desired startup homepage. Upon insertion of the cards into the card readers, the user is automatically logged onto the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Takagawa, Ken-ichiro Shimokura, Yoshihiko Shiraishi, Satoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 5668453
    Abstract: The presentation of a contact point and contact normal line calculation method for processing/assembly apparatuses, having the ability to reduce contact point calculation errors due to errors in the force measurement device in both the direction of movement and the direction perpendicular to movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shinyo Muto, Ken-ichiro Shimokura