Patents by Inventor Kiyohisa Minowa

Kiyohisa Minowa 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).

  • System, method, apparatus, and program for providing electronic manual
    Patent number: 8230041
    Abstract: When a customer operates a terminal to send a request for a provision of a manual page to the center via the Internet, the center determines whether the customer who is accessing is a registered customer (user of a copier) based on the stored customer information. In a case where the customer who is accessing the center is a registered customer, the center automatically selects electronic manual file(s) for the copier being used by the customer concerned. And the center generates a manual page representing the content of the selected manual file so that the content of the manual file is noticeable rather than the other information. The center transmits the manual page to the terminal concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Minowa, Haruo Hamaguchi, Atsushi Hanai, Eiji Shinohara, Tatsuto Torikai
  • System, method, apparatus, and program for providing electronic manual
    Publication number: 20070033230
    Abstract: When a customer operates a terminal to send a request for a provision of a manual page to the center via the Internet, the center determines whether the customer who is accessing is a registered customer (user of a copier) based on the stored customer information. In a case where the customer who is accessing the center is a registered customer, the center automatically selects electronic manual file(s) for the copier being used by the customer concerned. And the center generates a manual page representing the content of the selected manual file so that the content of the manual file is noticeable rather than the other information. The center transmits the manual page to the terminal concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Minowa, Haruo Hamaguchi, Atsushi Hanai, Eiji Shinohara, Tatsuto Torakai
  • System, method, apparatus, and program for providing electronic manual
    Patent number: 7155452
    Abstract: When a customer operates a terminal to send a request for a provision of a manual page to the center via the Internet, the center determines whether the customer who is accessing is a registered customer (user of a copier) based on the stored customer information. In a case where the customer who is accessing the center is a registered customer, the center automatically selects electronic manual file(s) for the copier being used by the customer concerned. And the center generates a manual page representing the content of the selected manual file so that the content of the manual file is noticeable rather than the other information. The center transmits the manual page to the terminal concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Minowa, Haruo Hamaguchi, Atsushi Hanai, Eiji Shinohara, Tatsuto Torikai
  • System, apparatus, and method for providing customer apparatus information, and apparatus for collecting and managing such information
    Publication number: 20050251412
    Abstract: A system for processing and providing information on an apparatus used by a customer includes an information collection part collecting information on usage of the apparatus, an information management part managing the information on usage, and a data processing part processing the information on usage in accordance with a request from a user of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miida, Yayoi Katagiri, Takehiro Nishiura, Isao Katsuta, Hiroshi Nishida, Kiyohisa Minowa, Haruo Hamaguchi, Sachiko Misumi, Tatsuto Torikai, Eiji Shinohara, Atsushi Hanai
  • System, apparatus, and method for providing customer apparatus information, and apparatus for collecting and managing such information
    Publication number: 20020087350
    Abstract: A system for processing and providing information on an apparatus used by a customer includes an information collection part collecting information on usage of the apparatus, an information management part managing the information on usage, and a data processing part processing the information on usage in accordance with a request from a user of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miida, Yayoi Katagiri, Takehiro Nishiura, Isao Katsuta, Hiroshi Nishida, Kiyohisa Minowa, Haruo Hamaguchi, Sachiko Misumi, Tatsuto Torikai, Eiji Shinohara, Atsushi Hanai
  • System, method, apparatus, and program for providing electronic manual
    Publication number: 20020055922
    Abstract: When a customer operates a terminal to send a request for a provision of a manual page to the center via the Internet, the center determines whether the customer who is accessing is a registered customer (user of a copier) based on the stored customer information. In a case where the customer who is accessing the center is a registered customer, the center automatically selects electronic manual file(s) for the copier being used by the customer concerned. And the center generates a manual page representing the content of the selected manual file so that the content of the manual file is noticeable rather than the other information. The center transmits the manual page to the terminal concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Minowa, Haruo Hamaguchi, Atsushi Hanai, Eiji Shinohara, Tatsuto Torikai