Patents by Inventor Kimiko Tsurumaki

Kimiko Tsurumaki 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).

  • Preference-information gathering system, preference information gathering apparatus and preference-information gathering method
    Patent number: 10120943
    Abstract: A preference-information gathering system is capable of gathering information on every commodity and/or every service, which are each of interest to a user, as user's preference information. The preference-information gathering system includes a user portable terminal capable of storing a user identifier uniquely identifying the user, an information searching apparatus and a preference-information management apparatus for managing the information on preferences with the user. The information searching apparatus has a search-information inputting unit for requesting a user to enter search information to be used in a process to search for information desired by the user and a user-identifier acquisition unit for acquiring a user identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiko Tsurumaki, Takuji Maekawa, Kotaro Jinushi, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • PREFERENCE-INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM, PREFERENCE INFORMATION GATHERING APPARATUS, PREFERENCE-INFORMATION GATHERING METHOD, AND PREFERENCE-INFORMATION GATHERING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140101148
    Abstract: A preference-information gathering system is capable of gathering information on every commodity and/or every service, which are each of interest to a user, as user's preference information. The preference-information gathering system includes a user portable terminal capable of storing a user identifier uniquely identifying the user, an information searching apparatus and a preference-information management apparatus for managing the information on preferences with the user. The information searching apparatus has a search-information inputting unit for requesting a user to enter search information to be used in a process to search for information desired by the user and a user-identifier acquisition unit for acquiring a user identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiko TSURUMAKI, Takuji MAEKAWA, Kotaro JINUSHI, Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Preference information collecting system, device, method, and program
    Patent number: 8612309
    Abstract: A preference-information gathering system is capable of gathering information on every commodity and/or every service, which are each of interest to a user, as user's preference information. The preference-information gathering system includes a user portable terminal (102) capable of storing a user identifier uniquely identifying the user, an information searching apparatus (104) and a preference-information management apparatus (114) for managing the information on preferences with the user. The information searching apparatus (104) has a search-information inputting unit (108) for requesting a user to enter search information to be used in a process to search for information desired by the user and a user-identifier acquisition unit (110) for acquiring a user identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiko Tsurumaki, Takuji Maekawa, Kotaro Jinushi, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Preference information collecting system, device, method, and program
    Publication number: 20070150452
    Abstract: A preference-information gathering system is capable of gathering information on every commodity and/or every service, which are each of interest to a user, as user's preference information. The preference-information gathering system includes a user portable terminal (102) capable of storing a user identifier uniquely identifying the user, an information searching apparatus (104) and a preference-information management apparatus (114) for managing the information on preferences with the user. The information searching apparatus (104) has a search-information inputting unit (108) for requesting a user to enter search information to be used in a process to search for information desired by the user and a user-identifier acquisition unit (110) for acquiring a user identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiko Tsurumaki, Takuji Maekawa, Kotaro Jinushi, Hirokazu Tanaka