Patents by Inventor Manabu Oshiro

Manabu Oshiro 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).

  • Database management device, database management method, database management program and computer readable storage medium that stores said program
    Patent number: 9037663
    Abstract: A server (11) includes a history registration unit (73) that acquires information of a recommendation email for recommending a specified recommended object from a first user to a second user, generates recommendation data in which the first user, the second user and a web page of the recommended object are associated based on the information, and registers the recommendation data into a history database (63), an operation information acquisition unit (76) that acquires operation information indicating operation performed by the second user on the web page of the recommended object in response to the recommendation email, and a history update unit (77) that specifies an action of the second user taken on the recommended object based on the operation information and adds action information indicating the specified action to the corresponding recommendation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Manabu Oshiro, Noriko Harada, Hidekazu Hamada, Reiko Yasuda, Teppei Hida, Yuko Furusho, Koichi Yanagimoto, Ai Shimogori
  • Information providing apparatus, information providing method, information providing program, and computer-readable recording medium having information providing program recorded therein
    Patent number: 8935345
    Abstract: The server 11 includes a recommendation email generation unit 72 that generates a recommendation email for recommending a recommended object to a plurality of second users based on recommendation information indicating that a first user recommends a specified recommended object to the plurality of second users, a recommendation email sending unit 73 that sends the recommendation email to the plurality of second users, a purchase email generation unit 74 that, when one of the plurality of second users applies for the recommended object indicated in the recommendation email and becomes an applicant for the recommended object, generates an application email containing application information indicating an application for the recommended object, and a purchase email sending unit 75 that sends the application email to the second users other than the applicant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Manabu Oshiro, Noriko Harada, Hidekazu Hamada, Reiko Yasuda, Teppei Hida, Yuko Furusho, Koichi Yanagimoto, Ai Shimogori
  • DATABASE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATABASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES SAID PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130132491
    Abstract: A server (11) includes a history registration unit (73) that acquires information of a recommendation email for recommending a specified recommended object from a first user to a second user, generates recommendation data in which the first user, the second user and a web page of the recommended object are associated based on the information, and registers the recommendation data into a history database (63), an operation information acquisition unit (76) that acquires operation information indicating operation performed by the second user on the web page of the recommended object in response to the recommendation email, and a history update unit (77) that specifies an action of the second user taken on the recommended object based on the operation information and adds action information indicating the specified action to the corresponding recommendation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Manabu Oshiro, Noriko Harada, Hidekazu Hamada, Reiko Yasuda, Teppei Hida, Yuko Furusho, Koichi Yanagimoto, Ai Shimogori
  • INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20130080549
    Abstract: The server 11 includes a recommendation email generation unit 72 that generates a recommendation email for recommending a recommended object to a plurality of second users based on recommendation information indicating that a first user recommends a specified recommended object to the plurality of second users, a recommendation email sending unit 73 that sends the recommendation email to the plurality of second users, a purchase email generation unit 74 that, when one of the plurality of second users applies for the recommended object indicated in the recommendation email and becomes an applicant for the recommended object, generates an application email containing application information indicating an application for the recommended object, and a purchase email sending unit 75 that sends the application email to the second users other than the applicant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Manabu Oshiro, Noriko Harada, Hidekazu Hamada, Reiko Yasuda, Teppei Hida, Yuko Furusho, Koichi Yanagimoto, Ai Shimogori