Patents by Inventor Kiyonobu Kojima
Kiyonobu Kojima 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).
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Patent number: 10229252Abstract: A portable apparatus includes a first connector, a memory, and first circuitry. The first connector automatically receives a plurality of content data from a computer. The memory stores the plurality of content data. The first circuitry performs a mutual authentication process with the computer via the first connector, and plays back the plurality of content data. The computer includes second circuitry and a second connector. The first circuitry stores the plurality of content data to a storage medium, and provides a graphical user interface to receive an input identifying a list of the plurality of content data stored in said storage medium that are to be automatically transferred to the portable apparatus. The second connector is configured to transfer the plurality of content data stored in the storage medium to the portable apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 10176177Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20170011205Abstract: A portable apparatus includes a first connector, a memory, and first circuitry. The first connector automatically receives a plurality of content data from a computer. The memory stores the plurality of content data. The first circuitry performs a mutual authentication process with the computer via the first connector, and plays back the plurality of content data. The computer includes second circuitry and a second connector. The first circuitry stores the plurality of content data to a storage medium, and provides a graphical user interface to receive an input identifying a list of the plurality of content data stored in said storage medium that are to be automatically transferred to the portable apparatus. The second connector is configured to transfer the plurality of content data stored in the storage medium to the portable apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Toshihiro MORITA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Shin SHIROMA
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Patent number: 9491429Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device. If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base is checked out to the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20160041979Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 9241022Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20150317618Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device. If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base is checked out to the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Toshihiro MORITA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Shin SHIROMA
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Patent number: 9137508Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device. If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base is checked out to the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20140365514Abstract: In an information processor which records many contents or has many contents already recorded therein, and can generate an arbitrary combination of the contents, a weight is computed for each of the contents based on either data stored in a history data file (184) or data stored in a display data file (182) and data stored in a filtering data file (181), and a content is selected from the contents stored in a content file (161) based on the weight. The selected content is related with a package corresponding to the data stored in the filtering data file (181).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Shin SHIROMA
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Patent number: 8861936Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device. If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base is checked out to the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 8849839Abstract: In an information processor which records many contents or has many contents already recorded therein, and can generate an arbitrary combination of the contents, a weight is computed for each of the contents based on either data stored in a history data file (184) or data stored in a display data file (182) and data stored in a filtering data file (181), and a content is selected from the contents stored in a content file (161) based on the weight. The selected content is related with a package corresponding to the data stored in the filtering data file (181).Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20140079373Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device. If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base is checked out to the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Toshihiro MORITA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Shin SHIROMA
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Patent number: 8522150Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 8463868Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 8078032Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device (6) such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base (114) under the control of a content management program (111), and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program (112) whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device (6). If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base (114) is checked out to the portable device (6).Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2000Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 7917531Abstract: The present invention pertains to an information processing apparatus which allows users to easily know content which others are allowed to check out. A management server 352 records data relevant to content which others are allowed to check out. A web server 351 receives a request for the data relevant to the content, and transmits the data relevant to the content when the data relevant to the content is requested. The present invention is applicable to an information processing apparatus for handling data relevant to copyright protected content.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mikiko Sakurai, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima
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Publication number: 20110072057Abstract: In an information processor which records many contents or has many contents already recorded therein, and can generate an arbitrary combination of the contents, a weight is computed for each of the contents based on either data stored in a history data file (184) or data stored in a display data file (182) and data stored in a filtering data file (181), and a content is selected from the contents stored in a content file (161) based on the weight. The selected content is related with a package corresponding to the data stored in the filtering data file (181).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 7877419Abstract: In an information processor which records many contents or has many contents already recorded therein, and can generate an arbitrary combination of the contents, a weight is computed for each of the contents based on either data stored in a history data file or data stored in a display data file and data stored in a filtering data file, and a content is selected from the contents stored in a content file based on the weight. The selected content is related with a package corresponding to the data stored in the filtering data file.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20100272415Abstract: In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/operation instruction program whether the recorded content has to be checked out to the portable device. If a content is recorded in case it has been set that the content has to be checked out, the content having been recorded in the content data base is checked out to the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Toshihiro Morita, Kiyonobu Kojima, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20100275127Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Ippei TAMBATA, Shin SHIROMA