Patents by Inventor Masahide Kodaira

Masahide Kodaira 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).

  • Publication number: 20050209000
    Abstract: Provided is a game machine including a portable phone terminal having a non-contact IC chip including an electronic money storage unit and a game point storage unit; an electronic money processing terminal capable of downloading, in a non-contact manner, to an electronic money amount storage unit the amount of electronic money purchased; a selection unit for selecting whether to conduct the settlement for executing the game application program based on the electronic money or the game points; a processing unit enabling the input of the amount of electronic money or game points necessary in executing the game application program to the settlement processing unit from the respective storage units of the IC chip, and a point generation unit for generating the acquired points according to the game execution status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Chisaki Kusajima, Junichi Miyamoto, Shuhei Fujiki, Takatsugu Ehara, Takumi Hori, Masahide Kodaira, Ryuji Namiki, Toshiyuki Kuratsuji, Hirofumi Sawai, Toshiaki Tamesue, Yoshihiro Ito, Ryuhei Onitsuka, Atsushi Kitahara, Shinichi Furuhashi, Jiro Yoshida, Youichi Tanaami, Tomohiro Kaneko, Toshiyuki Kaji, Hiroaki Tsuji, Yutaka Okunoki