Patents by Inventor Koichi Sotoyama

Koichi Sotoyama 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).

  • Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information recording medium, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 8819091
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communicating section that executes communication with a server, a local storage section that stores subsequent data acquired from the server, and a data processing section that executes an acquisition process of the subsequent data, and a data playback process using data stored on a disc and the subsequent data stored on the local storage section. The data processing section builds a virtual file system for reading data stored on the disc and the local storage section, at the time of the data playback process, and performs the acquisition process of the subsequent data by transmitting a package ID to the server at the time of the acquisition process of the subsequent data, the package ID being information specifying a package corresponding to a file set necessary for building or updating the virtual file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Inokuchi, Takahisa Ohgami, Goh Shimizu, Koichi Sotoyama, Satoshi Aida, Shizuka Watanabe, Yoshinori Ichikawa, Hiroshi Kimura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20100121894
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communicating section that executes communication with a server, a local storage section that stores subsequent data acquired from the server, and a data processing section that executes an acquisition process of the subsequent data, and a data playback process using data stored on a disc and the subsequent data stored on the local storage section. The data processing section builds a virtual file system for reading data stored on the disc and the local storage section, at the time of the data playback process, and performs the acquisition process of the subsequent data by transmitting a package ID to the server at the time of the acquisition process of the subsequent data, the package ID being information specifying a package corresponding to a file set necessary for building or updating the virtual file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya INOKUCHI, Takahisa Ohgami, Goh Shimizu, Koichi Sotoyama, Satoshi Aida, Shizuka Watanabe, Yoshinori Ichikawa, Hiroshi Kimura