Patents by Inventor Kuniharu Murata

Kuniharu Murata 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).

  • Upgrade service system
    Patent number: 8296753
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus or the like downloads upgrade content information and an upgrade key generated from a production number of the user apparatus which are generated by an upgrade key support center apparatus to perform upgrading, and the upgrade key support center apparatus periodically acquires apparatus information of the wireless apparatus or the like to monitor whether illegal upgrading is not performed. This makes it possible to easily manage a wireless apparatus which can perform an increase/decrease in capacity, selection of redundancy, change of functions, and the like by using an upgrade key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kuniharu Murata
  • UPGRADE SERVICE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080104584
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus or the like downloads upgrade content information and an upgrade key generated from a production number of the user apparatus which are generated by an upgrade key support center apparatus to perform upgrading, and the upgrade key support center apparatus periodically acquires apparatus information of the wireless apparatus or the like to monitor whether illegal upgrading is not performed. This makes it possible to easily manage a wireless apparatus which can perform an increase/decrease in capacity, selection of redundancy, change of functions, and the like by using an upgrade key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Kuniharu Murata