Patents by Inventor Kentaro Nagahama

Kentaro Nagahama 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: 9094725
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a receiver receives first data that enables recognition that a first program has been viewed in a first television set. And a transmitter transmits a message, using the first data, the message is addressed to a first device registered in association with the first television set and includes information relating to the first program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro Nagahama
  • Patent number: 9002816
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a content display, an extraction module, a storage, and a keyword display. The content display is configured to display a content. The extraction module is configured to extract a keyword from the content displayed by the content display. The storage is configured to store a first keyword extracted by the extraction module. The keyword display is configured to display the first keyword extracted by the extraction module and a second keyword read from the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sumi Omura, Takayuki Iida, Kensuke Horiuchi, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20150095945
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a receiver receives first data that enables recognition that a first program has been viewed in a first television set. And a transmitter transmits a message, using the first data, the message is addressed to a first device registered in association with the first television set and includes information relating to the first program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Kentaro Nagahama
  • Patent number: 8972842
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of processing data for an information processing apparatus includes extracting, displaying, transmitting and updating. The extracting extracts keywords from a Web page being displayed by a browser. The displaying displays the extracted keywords. The transmitting transmits a keyword and attribute data associate with the keyword to a retrieval site, if the keyword is selected from the displayed keywords. The updating updates the displayed keywords if the browser acquires the Web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagahama, Sumi Omura, Kensuke Horiuchi, Takayuki Iida
  • Publication number: 20140373067
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a processing circuitry to make a request to a server so as to acquire a channel list via a communication network, to compare a first channel list acquired newly with a second channel list acquired previously, and, if the second channel list is to be updated with the first channel list, to acquire first program information corresponding to the first channel list from the server, and to generate a program guide by using the first channel list and the first program information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Munehiro Tokikura, Yosuke Takahashi, Kentaro Nagahama, Naoki Esaka
  • Publication number: 20140359668
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, method includes: acquiring information on programs corresponding to channels scheduled to be broadcasted for time slots, the time slots including first time slot, second time slot after the first time slot, and third time slot after the second time slot; selecting, for the time slots, at least one of programs in accordance with condition of program selection, wherein first program is selected for the first time slot, no program is selected for the second time slot, and second program is selected for the third time slot; and outputting information for displaying a program table comprising a field displaying information of the first program, a field displaying information regarding a viewable program according to a time length of the second period, and a field displaying information of the second program, wherein the viewable program is selected from programs recorded in a storage or receivable from a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Kentaro Nagahama
  • Patent number: 8866738
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a browsing log recorder, a first display module, a second display module, an operation input module and a controller. The browsing log recorder is configured to record a browsing log of e-books. The controller is configured to cause the first display module to display the interrupted page of the most recently interrupted e-book or to cause the second display module to display the list of interrupted e-books in accordance with an operation of the operation input module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kensuke Horiuchi, Makito Ogura, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20130305307
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server includes a receiver, a setting module and a storage. The receiver is configured to receive history data comprising a history of channel operations for switching programs. The setting module is configured to set a weight for each program based on a history of channel operations according to a first rule. The storage is configured to store the weight set for each program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20130141350
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a browsing log recorder, a first display module, a second display module, an operation input module and a controller. The browsing log recorder is configured to record a browsing log of e-books. The controller is configured to cause the first display module to display the interrupted page of the most recently interrupted e-book or to cause the second display module to display the list of interrupted e-books in accordance with an operation of the operation input module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kensuke Horiuchi, Makito Ogura, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20130066902
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a content display, an extraction module, and a keyword display. The content display is configured to display a content. The extraction module is configured to extract a keyword from the content displayed by the content display. The keyword display is configured to display the keyword extracted by the extraction module in a content display window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takayuki Iida, Sumi Omura, Kentaro Nagahama, Makito Ogura, Kensuke Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20120303656
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a content display, a storage, and a keyword display. The content display comprises tabs capable of displaying contents, one of the tabs being an active tab. The storage stores keywords extracted from the contents displayed in the tabs for respective tabs. The keyword display reads a keyword extracted from a content displayed in the active tab from the storage and displays the read keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI IIDA, SUMI OMURA, KENTARO NAGAHAMA, KENSUKE HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120296911
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a keyword display module, a selection module and an information-retrieval module. The keyword display module is configured to display at least two keywords. The selection module is configured to select a keyword from the at least two keywords displayed by the keyword display module. The information-retrieval module is configured to retrieve information by using the keyword selected by the selection module. The keyword display module is further configured to display one or more keywords belonging to a preset category, as at least one of the at least two keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sumi Omura, Kentaro Nagahama, Kensuke Horiuchi, Takayuki Iida
  • Publication number: 20120297286
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of processing data for an information processing apparatus includes extracting, displaying, transmitting and updating. The extracting extracts keywords from a Web page being displayed by a browser. The displaying displays the extracted keywords. The transmitting transmits a keyword and attribute data associate with the keyword to a retrieval site, if the keyword is selected from the displayed keywords. The updating updates the displayed keywords if the browser acquires the Web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro NAGAHAMA, Sumi OMURA, Kensuke HORIUCHI, Takayuki IIDA
  • Publication number: 20120254797
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a text selection module, a text analysis module, a keyword display module, and an action selection module. The text selection module receives an input of a portion selected from text being displayed. The text analysis module analyzes text information in the portion to extract a word or a word group as a keyword contained in the text information. The keyword display module displays a list of keywords extracted by the text analysis module and, if a specific keyword is selected, displays a list of actions corresponding to the specific keyword. The action selection module performs, if a specific action is selected from the list of actions, processing related to the specific action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagahama, Sumi Omura, Kensuke Horiuchi, Takayuki Iida
  • Publication number: 20120221601
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a content display, an extraction module, a storage, and a keyword display. The content display is configured to display a content. The extraction module is configured to extract a keyword from the content displayed by the content display. The storage is configured to store a first keyword extracted by the extraction module. The keyword display is configured to display the first keyword extracted by the extraction module and a second keyword read from the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sumi Omura, Takayuki Iida, Kensuke Horiuchi, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20110181773
    Abstract: According to one embodiment receiving-unit is configured to receive a broadcast signal employing a first subtitle format capable of designating a display-position and executing a plurality of subtitle displays. The display-position-detecting-unit is configured to detect a display-position of a subtitle in accordance with subtitle information included in the broadcast signal received by the receiving-unit. The character-string-detecting-unit is configured to detect a character string of the subtitle in accordance with the subtitle information. The subtitle-generating-unit is configured to generate subtitle information in a second subtitle format in capable of executing a plurality of subtitle displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jun OHASHI, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20110158212
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit, a radio signal detection unit, and a control unit. The wireless communication unit performs a wireless communication process with other terminal that transmits a radio signals for requesting the wireless communication between terminals. The radio signal detection unit waits for the radio signals with lower operating power than operating power when the wireless communication unit waits for the radio signals. The control unit activates the wireless communication unit to cause the wireless communication unit to perform a connection process of the wireless communication when the radio signal detection unit detects the radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masaki SAKAI, Takashi Minemura, Kengo Kurose, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Patent number: 7720512
    Abstract: With a conventional hands-free system formed by a radio apparatus and a hands-free apparatus connectable to each other by a local radio link, accepting a call on the hands-free apparatus is ineffective after the radio apparatus starts to send a reply message. There is provided a method for hands-free control to solve this problem. The method comprises measuring time since transferring a call arrived at the radio apparatus to the hands-free apparatus, and establishing a voice channel on the local radio link in a case where an operation is done to accept the call on the hands-free apparatus while the reply message is being sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiya Tamura, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Patent number: 7430441
    Abstract: A channel disconnection detecting unit detects whether a voice channel is disconnected by an AG or by an HF. When the voice channel is disconnected by the AG, an AG control unit controls a modulation/demodulation unit to maintain a connection of the AG with a BS and a switching unit switches a voice signal to an AG speaker and an AG microphone. When the voice channel is disconnected by the HF, the AG control unit controls the modulation/demodulation unit to interrupt the connection of the AG with the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagahama, Toshiya Tamura
  • Patent number: 7174192
    Abstract: A radio apparatus, to be used as a first ending node of a communication network, is connectable to a hands-free apparatus by a local radio link to form a hands-free system. A call made on the hands-free apparatus for an second ending node in the communication network is sent to the radio apparatus through a control channel on the local radio link. The radio apparatus and the hands-free apparatus arrange a voice channel to be established on the local radio link. The call is then sent to the second ending node. In a case where no voice channel is established within a predetermined time period after arranging the voice channel, the radio apparatus cancels the call to prevent a connection between the radio apparatus and the second ending node from being kept and charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kentaro Nagahama