Patents by Inventor Masahito Nyuugaku

Masahito Nyuugaku 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).

  • Information processing apparatus for changing firmware data
    Publication number: 20060053274
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is characterized in that firmware is easily replaced in the case where a booting operating system is changed for another to improve the operational efficiency associated with the changing of the operating system; plural pieces of firmware, each of which is compatible with each of plural operating systems of different kinds, types or versions, are stored in a storage unit and each piece of firmware is provided with compatible information indicating which of the operating systems each pieces of firmware conforms to; and the type or version of operating system to boot is determined when booting the operating system, and firmware compatible with compatible information is selected from the storage unit for replacement on the basis on a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Masahito Nyuugaku, Daiki Abe, Nakaba Osano, Takeshi Kishida, Atsuo Kobayashi