Patents by Inventor Makoto Koushiro

Makoto Koushiro 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: 8275758
    Abstract: A communications system is provided which can search for information about a communications device that is not registered in a network by designating time. The search system, which includes a plurality of communications devices, gateways and an entity management server, can execute a search method. The entity management server stores in a storage device the identification information of the communications device sent from the gateways with establishing correspondence with notification time. The entity management server receives from a mobile terminal the identification information of the communications device and designated time. The entity management server searches for the identification information stored in the storage device at the designated time, and identifies the location information of the gateways corresponding to the identification information included in the search request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Akimichi Tanabe, Motoshi Tamura, Atsushi Iwasaki, Makoto Koushiro
  • Publication number: 20100274805
    Abstract: A communications system is provided which can search for information about a communications device that is not registered in a network by designating time. The search system, which includes a plurality of communications devices, gateways and an entity management server, can execute a search method. The entity management server stores in a storage device the identification information of the communications device sent from the gateways with establishing correspondence with notification time. The entity management server receives from a mobile terminal the identification information of the communications device and designated time. The entity management server searches for the identification information stored in the storage device at the designated time, and identifies the location information of the gateways corresponding to the identification information included in the search request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Akimichi Tanabe, Motoshi Tamura, Atsushi Iwasaki, Makoto Koushiro
  • Publication number: 20090240656
    Abstract: A communications system is provided which can search for information about a communications device that is not registered in a network by designating time. The search system, which includes a plurality of communications devices, gateways and an entity management server, can execute a search method. The entity management server stores in a storage device the identification information of the communications device sent from the gateways with establishing correspondence with notification time. The entity management server receives from a mobile terminal the identification information of the communications device and designated time. The entity management server searches for the identification information stored in the storage device at the designated time, and identifies the location information of the gateways corresponding to the identification information included in the search request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Akimichi Tanabe, Motoshi Tamura, Atsushi Iwasaki, Makoto Koushiro