Patents by Inventor Makoto Imachi

Makoto Imachi 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).

  • Version and configuration management method and apparatus and computer readable recording medium for recording therein version and configuration management program
    Publication number: 20010027554
    Abstract: A table of a manual for xx product (1st edition) includes component names, file names, version up mode and version numbers of a project. When the version up mode is a fixed mode, a version number in the table is fixed, while in an auto-changing mode components are edited and when a new version is prepared, a version number is updated. Versions V2 and V1 of a table of contents, versions V2 and V1 of a first chapter and the like show registered states in version information management tables. Table of contents of up to V2 is prepared, while since it is set to a fixed mode in the table, V1 thereof is fixed. In case of first chapter, when V2 thereof is prepared, it is updated to V2 in the table since it is set to auto-changing mode and the version number thereof is updated each time a new version is prepared until it is changed to a fixed mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Makoto Imachi, Toru Takahashi, Yuki Aoyama, Yukio Hoshi
  • Version and configuration management method and apparatus and computer readable recording medium for recording therein version and configuration management program
    Patent number: 6272678
    Abstract: A table of a manual for xx product (1st edition) includes component names, file names, version up mode and version numbers of a project. When the version up mode is a fixed mode, a version number in the table is fixed, while in an auto-changing mode components are edited and when a new version is prepared, a version number is updated. Versions V2 and V1 of a table of contents, versions V2 and V1 of a first chapter and the like show registered states in version information management tables. Table of contents of up to V2 is prepared, while since it is set to a fixed mode in the table, V1 thereof is fixed. In case of first chapter, when V2 thereof is prepared, it is updated to V2 in the table since it is set to auto-changing mode and the version number thereof is updated each time a new version is prepared until it is changed to a fixed mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, LTD
    Inventors: Makoto Imachi, Toru Takahashi, Yuki Aoyama, Yukio Hoshi