Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ikarashi

Masahiro Ikarashi 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).

  • Session information inheriting method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7953790
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to maintain session continuity between a browser and an initial server in a cluster when the browser is transferred from the initial server to a different server and returned thereafter to the original server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Amano, Hirokazu Izumidate, Satoru Nunoya, Masahiro Ikarashi
  • Electronic device incorporating magnetoresistive elements for sensing both N and S magnetic poles
    Patent number: 7288934
    Abstract: An electronic device has a display housing (second body), an operation housing (first body), and a connection member connecting the display housing to the operation housing. A magnet is provided within an intermediate section of the connection member. A first magnetoresistive effect element is provided within the operation housing, and a second magnetoresistive effect element is provided within the display housing. The magnetoresistive effect elements and the magnet are disposed such that the magnetoresistive effect elements can sense a horizontal magnetic field to enable detection of both a open/closed state of the electronic device and a normal/reversed state of the display housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ikarashi, Kazushige Seshimo
  • Session information inheriting method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20030187871
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to maintain session continuity between a browser and an initial server in a cluster when the browser is transferred from the initial server to a different server and returned thereafter to the original server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Amano, Hirokazu Izumidate, Satoru Nunoya, Masahiro Ikarashi