Patents by Inventor Masahide Nishio

Masahide Nishio 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: 20230306492
    Abstract: A recommendation management apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry manages a user device associated with customer identification information for identifying a customer, a user associated with the customer identification information, and introduction object identification information for identifying an introduction object introduced in association with the customer identification information. The circuitry acquires use history information relating to a use history of the user device. The circuitry acquires action history information relating to an action history of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Masahide NISHIO, Keisuke TERASAKI
  • Patent number: 10965832
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, to which a facsimile device is communicably connected, includes an input device to receive operation of a user, a memory, and a hardware processor controlling the facsimile device to fax print data. The hardware processor is configured to: cause a display device to display a first setting screen for making settings based on operation received by the input device; cause the display device to display a preview screen representing an output image of fax transmission based on the settings made on the first setting screen; store, in the memory, setting values being input via the first setting screen; and cause the display device to display, when a cancellation operation of fax transmission is performed on the preview screen, a second setting screen corresponding to the first setting screen on which at least part of the setting values stored in the memory have been displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahide Nishio
  • Publication number: 20200204700
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, to which a facsimile device is communicably connected, includes an input device to receive operation of a user, a memory, and a hardware processor controlling the facsimile device to fax print data. The hardware processor is configured to: cause a display device to display a first setting screen for making settings based on operation received by the input device; cause the display device to display a preview screen representing an output image of fax transmission based on the settings made on the first setting screen; store, in the memory, setting values being input via the first setting screen; and cause the display device to display, when a cancellation operation of fax transmission is performed on the preview screen, a second setting screen corresponding to the first setting screen on which at least part of the setting values stored in the memory have been displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Masahide NISHIO
  • Patent number: 10606528
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory includes a storage area corresponding to a printer driver. The storage area includes a plurality of entries in which information is storable from the printer driver. The printer driver is configured to, when executed by the information processing apparatus, instruct an image processing apparatus to perform image processing. The circuitry controls storage of additional information in at least one entry of the plurality of entries. The circuitry stores in the storage area association information that associates identification information of the additional information stored in the at least one entry with the at least one entry storing the additional information. The circuitry specifies the at least one entry storing the additional information, based on the association information and the identification information of the additional information. The circuitry acquires the additional information from the at least one entry specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahide Nishio
  • Publication number: 20180314475
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory includes a storage area corresponding to a printer driver. The storage area includes a plurality of entries in which information is storable from the printer driver. The printer driver is configured to, when executed by the information processing apparatus, instruct an image processing apparatus to perform image processing. The circuitry controls storage of additional information in at least one entry of the plurality of entries. The circuitry stores in the storage area association information that associates identification information of the additional information stored in the at least one entry with the at least one entry storing the additional information. The circuitry specifies the at least one entry storing the additional information, based on the association information and the identification information of the additional information. The circuitry acquires the additional information from the at least one entry specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahide Nishio
  • Patent number: 10104249
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a first program to display a first print setting screen; and executes a second program to display a second print setting screen that is different from the first print setting screen. The executing of the first program includes displaying the first print setting screen; accepting a first changing operation of changing setting information of a function relating to a printing operation, at the displayed first print setting screen; and storing the changed setting information in a shared storage that is accessible by the second program, in response to accepting the first changing operation. The executing of the second program includes acquiring the setting information from the shared storage; and displaying the second print setting screen based on the acquired setting information, such that the first changing operation performed at the first print setting screen is applied to the second print setting screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahide Nishio
  • Publication number: 20180077305
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a first program to display a first print setting screen; and executes a second program to display a second print setting screen that is different from the first print setting screen. The executing of the first program includes displaying the first print setting screen; accepting a first changing operation of changing setting information of a function relating to a printing operation, at the displayed first print setting screen; and storing the changed setting information in a shared storage that is accessible by the second program, in response to accepting the first changing operation. The executing of the second program includes acquiring the setting information from the shared storage; and displaying the second print setting screen based on the acquired setting information, such that the first changing operation performed at the first print setting screen is applied to the second print setting screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahide NISHIO
  • Patent number: 9547461
    Abstract: An information delivery system includes plural plug-ins, a receiving unit, a destination-identifying information acquiring unit, a data-format information acquiring unit, a selecting unit, and a delivery unit. The plural plug-ins respectively correspond to plural types of devices. Each plug-in controls storage of data format information indicative of a format usable in a corresponding type of device and destination identifying information indicative of a destination device and transmitting data to the device. The receiving unit receives a data transmission request. The destination-identifying information acquiring unit acquires the destination identifying information from the plug-in. The data-format information acquiring unit acquires the data format information from the plug-ins. The selecting unit receives a selection of destination identifying information acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Kobayashi, Masahide Nishio
  • Publication number: 20150254026
    Abstract: An information delivery system includes plural plug-ins, a receiving unit, a destination-identifying information acquiring unit, a data-format information acquiring unit, a selecting unit, and a delivery unit. The plural plug-ins respectively correspond to plural types of devices. Each plug-in controls storage of data format information indicative of a format usable in a corresponding type of device and destination identifying information indicative of a destination device and transmitting data to the device. The receiving unit receives a data transmission request. The destination-identifying information acquiring unit acquires the destination identifying information from the plug-in. The data-format information acquiring unit acquires the data format information from the plug-ins. The selecting unit receives a selection of destination identifying information acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Masahide Nishio