Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Ohara

Kiyotaka Ohara 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: 11972270
    Abstract: A communication device may include: a memory configured to store management information in which, for each of a plurality of OIDs of a MIB, the OID and a setting value are associated with each other; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: receive a setting command which conforms to TCP; write the setting value included in the setting command to the management information in association with the OID included in the setting command; and send a response command which conforms to the TCP. In a case where the setting command including a first OID and a first setting value is received, the controller may be configured to: write the first setting value to the management information in association with the first OID after the response command has been sent, and send the response command before the first setting value is written to the management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koki Izumi, Satoshi Matsushita, Satoru Yanagi, Munehisa Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Katsunori Enomoto, Yuki Yada, Kyohei Mori, Hideki Nogawa, Tetsuya Okuno
  • Publication number: 20240037075
    Abstract: A first communication device may include: a database configured to, for each of a plurality of OIDs of MIB, store the OM in association with a setting value; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: receive a writing request from a second communication device by using a second communication scheme different from a first communication scheme including SNMP, the writing request including an OM and a setting value, and the second communication scheme including at least one of encryption of communication data and authentication of a sender of the writing request; and in a case where the writing request is received from the second communication device, write the setting value included in the writing request in the database in association with the OM included in the writing request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Satoru YANAGI, Satoshi MATSUSHITA, Munehisa MATSUDA, Kiyotaka OHARA, Katsunori ENOMOTO, Yuki YADA, Kyohei MORI, Hideki NOGAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Koki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240037261
    Abstract: A communication device may include: a database storing, for each of a plurality of OIDs of MIB, a value in association with the OID; and a controller configured to execute access to a value in the database according to an access request, wherein in a case where the access request includes a first OID and the user of a terminal device is not authenticated as a specific user, the controller executes access to the first value, and in a case where the access request includes a second OID and the user of the terminal device is not authenticated as the specific user, the access to the second value is not executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Munehisa MATSUDA, Koki IZUMI, Satoshi MATSUSHITA, Satoru YANAGI, Kiyotaka OHARA, Katsunori ENOMOTO, Yuki YADA, Kyohei MORI, Hideki NOGAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20240036885
    Abstract: A communication device may include: a memory configured to store management information in which, for each of a plurality of OIDs of a MIB, the OID and a setting value are associated with each other; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: receive a setting command which conforms to TCP; write the setting value included in the setting command to the management information in association with the OID included in the setting command; and send a response command which conforms to the TCP. In a case where the setting command including a first OID and a first setting value is received, the controller may be configured to: write the first setting value to the management information in association with the first OID after the response command has been sent, and send the response command before the first setting value is written to the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Koki IZUMI, Satoshi MATSUSHITA, Satoru YANAGI, Munehisa MATSUDA, Kiyotaka OHARA, Katsunori ENOMOTO, Yuki YADA, Kyohei MORI, Hideki NOGAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO
  • Patent number: 11200011
    Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of each setting item indicated by the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 10878055
    Abstract: A communication system comprising: a first controller configured to perform: receiving, from a terminal device, target-related information relating to a target peripheral device; transmitting the specific data to the terminal device; receiving, from the terminal device, a first page request; transmitting a first web page data to the terminal device; and executing a specific process for storing a first URL included in the first page request and the target-related information related to the target peripheral device in association with each other in a first memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Tatsuhiro Ikedo
  • Publication number: 20200372566
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface, a storage, and a controller. The controller is configured to: acquire consumable item information including remaining amount information about a remaining amount of a consumable item; output screen information about an input screen to which condition information about an order condition for ordering a new consumable item for replacement is inputted; receive the condition information inputted to the input screen displayed on the basis of the screen information; determine whether or not the order condition represented by the received condition information is met in response to acquisition of the consumable item information; and output order information including information about an order of the new consumable item to a server in response to determination that the order condition represented by the received condition information is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20200333990
    Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of each setting item indicated by the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyotaka OHARA
  • Patent number: 10810651
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface, a storage, and a controller. The controller is configured to: acquire consumable item information including remaining amount information about a remaining amount of a consumable item; output screen information about an input screen to which condition information about an order condition for ordering a new consumable item for replacement is inputted; receive the condition information inputted to the input screen displayed on the basis of the screen information; determine whether or not the order condition represented by the received condition information is met in response to acquisition of the consumable item information; and output order information including information about an order of the new consumable item to a server in response to determination that the order condition represented by the received condition information is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 10740049
    Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of each setting item indicated by the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 10674022
    Abstract: A server may receive a specific signal including specific information from a terminal device via the Internet, the specific information being obtained by using relative information related to a peripheral device that is used by a user of the terminal device, the peripheral device being different from the terminal device, and the relative information including at least one of identification information for identifying the peripheral device and model information indicating a model of the peripheral device; acquire output data corresponding to the relative information by using the specific information included in the specific signal received from the terminal device, and send the acquired output data to an external device via the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Tatsuhiro Ikedo
  • Patent number: 10643219
    Abstract: A server may receive a first registration request including a first code from the communication device, the first code having been stored in advance in the communication device, if a second code is inputted into a terminal device, receive a second registration request including the second code from the terminal device, if one of the first and second registration requests is received, register target information including one code included in the one of the first and second registration requests in a memory such that a state of the target information is to be a first state where the server does not perform a target service, and if the other code in other one of the above registration requests matches the one code in the target information, change the state of the target information from the first state to a second state where the server performs the target service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20190349486
    Abstract: A server may receive a specific signal including specific information from a terminal device via the Internet, the specific information being obtained by using relative information related to a peripheral device that is used by a user of the terminal device, the peripheral device being different from the terminal device, and the relative information including at least one of identification information for identifying the peripheral device and model information indicating a model of the peripheral device; acquire output data corresponding to the relative information by using the specific information included in the specific signal received from the terminal device, and send the acquired output data to an external device via the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyotaka OHARA, Tatsuhiro IKEDO
  • Patent number: 10469608
    Abstract: A relay server system includes: at least one processor; at least one memory storing computer readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor causing the relay server system to: receive first condition information from a first terminal device, the first condition information representing a condition to transmit data from a communication apparatus to a first terminal device; transmit the first condition information to the communication apparatus when the relay server system receives the first condition information; store the first condition information in a memory when the first condition information is received; receive a specific notification from the communication apparatus after the relay server system transmits the first condition information to the communication apparatus; and transmit the first condition information stored in the memory to the communication apparatus again when the specific notification is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 10462232
    Abstract: A server may receive a first registration request from a communication device, receive a second registration request from a terminal device, determine, by using a first IP address included in the first registration request and a second IP address in the second registration request, whether the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to a same local area network, if the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to the same local area network, send a sending request including a connection information and a specific IP address of the communication device to the terminal device, the sending request being for causing the terminal device to send the connection information to the communication device with the specific IP address as a destination, establish a connection between the server and the communication device by using the connection information, and perform a target service by using the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20190310811
    Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of each setting item indicated by the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Kiyotaka OHARA
  • Patent number: 10365867
    Abstract: One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of each setting item indicated by the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 10225416
    Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 10180870
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: RE48177
    Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a processor and a network interface for performing communication with an image processing apparatus and a server apparatus through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Takeshi Miyake