Patents by Inventor Masaki Shikata

Masaki Shikata 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 system, information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium having stored therein computer program
    Patent number: 10097669
    Abstract: When it is detected that a home button is pressed while an application is being executed, execution of the application is suspended and a home button menu is displayed on a display device. Then, when execution of shop software is started, the shop software obtains application identification information of the active application via system software, accesses a shop server based on the application identification information, and displays a page related to the active application on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Wabe, Masaki Shikata, Eiji Tokunaga, Hitoshi Sakai
  • Authority management system, server system, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein authority management program, and authority management method
    Patent number: 10050972
    Abstract: A storage device of an example shop server stores, with respect to each of users of an information processing apparatus, user authority information indicating authority given to the user, together with user identification information for identifying the user. The user authority information is associated with the information processing apparatus used by the user corresponding to the user authority information. When the shop server has received from an information processing apparatus through a communication apparatus the user identification information of a first user who uses the information processing apparatus, a processor of the shop server performs, on the basis of the user authority information of the first user and the user authority information of a second user associated with the same information processing apparatus, information processing based on the authority indicated by the user authority information of the first user and the user authority information of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Shikata, Kazuhiro Wabe, Masahiro Nagao
  • AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SERVER SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER- READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20140143311
    Abstract: A storage device of an example shop server stores, with respect to each of users of an information processing apparatus, user authority information indicating authority given to the user, together with user identification information for identifying the user. The user authority information is associated with the information processing apparatus used by the user corresponding to the user authority information. When the shop server has received from an information processing apparatus through a communication apparatus the user identification information of a first user who uses the information processing apparatus, a processor of the shop server performs, on the basis of the user authority information of the first user and the user authority information of a second user associated with the same information processing apparatus, information processing based on the authority indicated by the user authority information of the first user and the user authority information of the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki SHIKATA, Kazuhiro WABE, Masahiro NAGAO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140143303
    Abstract: When it is detected that a home button is pressed while an application is being executed, execution of the application is suspended and a home button menu is displayed on a display device. Then, when execution of shop software is started, the shop software obtains application identification information of the active application via system software, accesses a shop server based on the application identification information, and displays a page related to the active application on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WABE, Masaki Shikata, Eiji Tokunaga, Hitoshi Sakai