Patents by Inventor Masahito SAKUI

Masahito SAKUI 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).

  • Patent number: 10728309
    Abstract: There is provided an information management system having: a management server device and a client terminal, wherein the management server device includes: a processor programmed to: store information to be managed; and determine whether or not to transmit at least some of the stored information to an outside of the information management system, and wherein the client terminal includes: a processor programmed to: determine whether or not to transfer the information stored by the management server device; and transmit at least some of the stored information to the outside of the information management system based on a result determined by the management server device and a result determined by the client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya Moriyama, Masahito Sakui
  • Publication number: 20190324900
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing system configured to prevent an unauthorized duplication, reading or the like of a recording medium. There is provided an information processing system having: a reading device configured to read data from a recording medium; and an information provision device configured to provide information used for reading data from the recording medium, wherein the reading device comprises: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory configured to: store in the memory information provided from the information provision device; read data from the recording medium by using the information stored in the memory; and delete the information stored in the memory when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: PFU Limited
    Inventor: Masahito SAKUI
  • Patent number: 10102095
    Abstract: There is provided a peripheral management system including a client terminal which a peripheral can be connected to and a management device which manages the peripheral, wherein: the client terminal comprises: a detection unit configured to detect an operating state of the connected peripheral; and a notification unit configured to notify the management device of the operating state detected by the detection unit at a predetermined communication interval; the management device comprises a storage unit configured to store the operating state of the peripheral notified by the notification unit; and the notification unit of the client terminal communicates with the management device at a longer communication interval than that when the peripheral to be managed is connected to the client terminal, when the peripheral to be managed is not connected to the client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahito Sakui, Yoshinobu Araya
  • Publication number: 20180034897
    Abstract: There is provided an information management system having: a management server device and a client terminal, wherein the management server device includes: a processor programmed to: store information to be managed; and determine whether or not to transmit at least some of the stored information to an outside of the information management system, and wherein the client terminal includes: a processor programmed to: determine whether or not to transfer the information stored by the management server device; and transmit at least some of the stored information to the outside of the information management system based on a result determined by the management server device and a result determined by the client terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takuya MORIYAMA, Masahito SAKUI
  • Publication number: 20170139800
    Abstract: There is provided a peripheral management system including a client terminal which a peripheral can be connected to and a management device which manages the peripheral, wherein: the client terminal comprises: a detection unit configured to detect an operating state of the connected peripheral; and a notification unit configured to notify the management device of the operating state detected by the detection unit at a predetermined communication interval; the management device comprises a storage unit configured to store the operating state of the peripheral notified by the notification unit; and the notification unit of the client terminal communicates with the management device at a longer communication interval than that when the peripheral to be managed is connected to the client terminal, when the peripheral to be managed is not connected to the client terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Masahito SAKUI, Yoshinobu ARAYA
  • Patent number: 9413851
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including: a client terminal; and a management server that manages the client terminal, wherein: the client terminal includes a transmission section that transmits notification data containing information denoting an operation state of at least an own machine; and the management server includes: a reply section that sends back reply information in return for notification data from the client terminal; and an information insertion section that inserts task information about a task of the client terminal into the reply information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Masahito Sakui, Yoshinobu Araya, Yoshihisa Taira
  • Patent number: 9219618
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system comprising: an information processing device; and a terminal management device that manages the information processing device, wherein: the information processing device has: a transmission section that transmits notification data denoting at least an operating state to the terminal management device; and a switch section that switches a notification destination of the notification data transmitted from the transmission section, based on return information for the notification data; and the terminal management device has: a return section that sends back the return information in response to the notification data transmitted from the information processing device; and a notification destination information insertion section that inserts notification destination change information for changing the notification destination of the notification data into the return information sent back by the return section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahito Sakui, Yoshinobu Araya, Yoshihisa Taira
  • Patent number: 9100511
    Abstract: An image reading device includes an information storage unit that stores, in an associated manner, error information on errors occurred due to a previous scan operation and operator information on an operator who produced errors, and an error analyzing unit that determines whether an error occurred due to a scan operation of a specific operator is an operator-dependent error, based on the error information and the operator information stored in the information storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Iwakami, Shu Nishikawa, Masahito Sakui, Yoshinobu Araya
  • Publication number: 20140226176
    Abstract: An image reading device includes an information storage unit that stores, in an associated manner, error information on errors occurred due to a previous scan operation and operator information on an operator who produced errors, and an error analyzing unit that determines whether an error occurred due to a scan operation of a specific operator is an operator-dependent error, based on the error information and the operator information stored in the information storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Osamu IWAKAMI, Shu NISHIKAWA, Masahito SAKUI, Yoshinobu ARAYA
  • Publication number: 20130230044
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system comprising: an information processing device; and a terminal management device that manages the information processing device, wherein: the information processing device has: a transmission section that transmits notification data denoting at least an operating state to the terminal management device; and a switch section that switches a notification destination of the notification data transmitted from the transmission section, based on return information for the notification data; and the terminal management device has: a return section that sends back the return information in response to the notification data transmitted from the information processing device; and a notification destination information insertion section that inserts notification destination change information for changing the notification destination of the notification data into the return information sent back by the return section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahito SAKUI, Yoshinobu ARAYA, Yoshihisa TAIRA