Patents by Inventor Masami Yabusaki

Masami Yabusaki 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: 8954036
    Abstract: There are provided a data arrival control server and a data arrival control method, whereby in a case where an identical user uses plural communication terminals, even if a data-receiving terminal is powered off, it is made possible to know with another communication terminal that there is a data arrival at the data-receiving terminal. A data arrival notification unit 143 of a data arrival control server 10 notifies a data arrival notification target terminal 20 that there is the data arrival at a data-receiving terminal 30, when there is the data arrival at the data-receiving terminal 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8620311
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system and a communication method of making available both a shared telephone number shared by multiple communication terminals and an individual telephone number dedicated to a user's own terminal in a single communication terminal. A shared managing unit 11 of a communication system 1 manages terminal identifiers 1 and 3 identifying each of a plurality of communication terminals 30a and 30b to which a shared telephone number is assigned in correlation with the shared telephone number. An individual managing unit 12 manages a terminal identifier 2 identifying a communication terminal 30b to which an individual telephone number is assigned is correlation with the individual telephone number. A user information managing unit 13 manages user information including base station information of communication terminals identified by the identifier every terminal identifiers 1, 2, and 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Yasuyuki Honda, Michiko Wakui, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8467771
    Abstract: There are provided a server apparatus capable of transmitting any message in a flexible manner at various timings of communication service states, and a message transmission method thereof. When a communication trigger detector 103 of an IMS 100 detects a trigger point, a determination portion 104 determines a massage to be transmitted based upon at least one of a type of the communication service state, a transmission destination of the message, presence information, and an instruction input. A message transmitter 105 give an instruction to an information storage device 300 to transmit the message to be transmitted that has been determined, and the information storage device 300 transmits the message to the transmission destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Motoshi Tamura, Masami Yabusaki, Chikako Tsukada
  • Patent number: 8380047
    Abstract: There are provided a video editing system, a video editing server and a communication terminal which enable simultaneous editing operations for editing a video content to be performed by plural persons, without generating a file in which a content of the editing has been reflected in the video content. One of a plurality of editing terminals in a synchronized state generates an edit command for editing a video content with an edit command generating section, based on an editing operation by a user from a terminal operating section, and transmits the generated edit command to a video editing server via an information transmitting/receiving section. If the edit command is received via an information transmitting/receiving section, the video editing server transmits the received edit command to another editing terminal in the synchronized state, via an edit command synchronizing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8345598
    Abstract: A mobility management method includes: notifying, at a mobile terminal, an edge node of a terminal function indicating that the mobile terminal has a Mobile IP client function; instructing, at the edge node, the mobile terminal to perform an operation for mobility management by using not an MIP function but an IP function when the edge node has a PMIP client function; performing, at the mobile terminal, the operation for mobility management by using the IP function in response to the instruction from the edge node; and performing, the edge node, the operation for mobility management by using the PMIP client function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Akimichi Tanabe, Masami Yabusaki, Katsutoshi Nishida
  • Patent number: 8285257
    Abstract: A message storage server stores a message by speech or video transmitted from a mobile communication terminal and performs emotion recognition on the message to generate emotion data. A mobile communication terminal, upon receiving a confirmation request from the message storage server of a message which the mobile communication terminal has transmitted as a message for another mobile communication terminal, displays the emotion data assigned to the transmitted message on its display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Isobe, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8265927
    Abstract: A relay device 20 duplicates speech data received from a communication terminal that is engaged in voice communication with another communication terminal. The duplicated speech data is transmitted to and is stored at a media processing device 40. Media processing device 40 builds a database for speech synthesis based on the stored speech data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Isobe, Takuji Sakaguchi, Motoshi Tamura, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8243906
    Abstract: There is provided a group communication system allowing group communication to be performed by a simple operation as well as a group ID number issuing apparatus and a call control apparatus to be applied to such a group communication system. When a user takes a group organization procedure to the group communication system, a group representative telephone number representing the group is issued. After the group representative telephone number is issued, the group representative telephone number can be used in the same manner as for calling a subscriber to call a group member to perform group communication. The group communication can be performed by limiting to a lower level subgroup, a pair of the group representative telephone number and an identifier can be used instead of the subscriber's telephone number to determine the calling partner to make a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8068866
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to ensure readily communication between subgroups with reduced trouble to the user in the group communication in terms of subgroup formation and so on. A group communication server according to an embodiment of the present invention provides terminals with an intercommunication function between a plurality of terminals belonging to the same group, specifically a group communication function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Isobe, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8050667
    Abstract: In order to provide a new service even to a conventional mobile communication terminal without installing a new function when starting a new mobile communication service, a mobile communication terminal includes a virtual terminal server that controls the communication on behalf of the mobile communication terminal according to a request from the mobile communication terminal to realize a service function that is a communication function not included in the mobile communication terminal. The virtual terminal server processes, in accordance with the model information of the mobile communication function, information to be informed to the mobile communication terminal to realize the service function to thereby enable the mobile communication terminal to acquire and transmit information obtained by realizing the service function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Isobe, Takuji Sakaguchi, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 8045963
    Abstract: Irrespective of the current situation of a recipient, a message storing service can be actively used by an originator's will, and the recipient can know without a delay that a message addressed to the recipient has been stored. A service for message originator can be specified so that even if a mobile communication terminal device on a recipient side is in a state where it can immediately perform communication when a message is transmitted from a mobile communication terminal device on an originator side, the message is temporarily stored in a message storing box of a telephone answering service subscribed to by a subscriber A as the originator of the message, and the message is delivered to the mobile communication terminal device on the recipient side at timing intended by the originator A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuji Sakaguchi, Aya Hokamura, Masami Yabusaki, Motoshi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20110256900
    Abstract: There are provided a data arrival control server and a data arrival control method, whereby in a case where an identical user uses plural communication terminals, even if a data-receiving terminal is powered off, it is made possible to know with another communication terminal that there is a data arrival at the data-receiving terminal. A data arrival notification unit 143 of a data arrival control server 10 notifies a data arrival notification target terminal 20 that there is the data arrival at a data-receiving terminal 30, when there is the data arrival at the data-receiving terminal 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Masami Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20110159889
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system and a communication method of making available both a shared telephone number shared by multiple communication terminals and an individual telephone number dedicated to a user's own terminal in a single communication terminal. A shared managing unit 11 of a communication system 1 manages terminal identifiers 1 and 3 identifying each of a plurality of communication terminals 30a and 30b to which a shared telephone number is assigned in correlation with the shared telephone number. An individual managing unit 12 manages a terminal identifier 2 identifying a communication terminal 30b to which an individual telephone number is assigned is correlation with the individual telephone number. A user information managing unit 13 manages user information including base station information of communication terminals identified by the identifier every terminal identifiers 1, 2, and 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Yasuyuki Honda, Michiko Wakui, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 7945686
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes a registration request signal receiver, a registration section, a transmitter, a group communication control signal receiver, and a group communication controller. The request signal receiver receives, from at least one terminal differing from a plurality of group communication terminals that is performing or is to perform group communication through a communication network, a control terminal registration request signal requesting the registration of the terminal as a control terminal for controlling the group communication. The registration section registers the terminal which sent the control terminal registration request signal as a control terminal. The transmitter sends, to that terminal, information indicating that the terminal has been registered as a control terminal. The control signal receiver receives from the terminal a group communication control signal for controlling the group communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: NTT Docomo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Kojo, Masami Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20110093272
    Abstract: A media process server apparatus has a speech synthesis data storage device for storing, after categorizing into emotions, data for speech synthesis in association with a user identifier, a text analyzer for determining, from a text message received from a message server apparatus, emotion of text, and a speech data synthesizer for generating speech data with emotional expression by synthesizing speech corresponding to the text, using data for speech synthesis that corresponds to the determined emotion and that is in association with a user identifier of a user who is a transmitter of the text message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Isobe, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 7917158
    Abstract: In an information providing system, a user inputs desired mobile ID number to a client terminal. The client terminal transmits a request for location information on the mobile station including the mobile ID number to a location server via a location information server. The location server transmits a request for object movement information corresponding to the mobile station to an object information server. The location information server obtains the information from a traffic control device. Location information on the mobile station obtained by the location information server is transmitted to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Masami Yabusaki
  • Patent number: 7840179
    Abstract: There are a step in which, when the video data distribution request is received from the mobile station, the base station determines whether the requested video data can be distributed or not, on the basis of the wireless transmission capacity required for distributing the requested video data and the wireless transmission capacity that is available at that point of time, a step in which the base station notifies the mobile station of a result of possibility determination about distribution, a step in which, when it is determined that distribution cannot be performed, the base station sends an inquiry about a base station capable of performing distribution, to the transmitted-data capacity management device, a step in which the transmitted-data capacity management device selects base stations capable of performing the distribution, on the basis of the wireless transmission capacity required for distributing the video data and the wireless transmission capacity being used for distribution performed by a plural
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Isobe, Masami Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20100273455
    Abstract: There are provided a server apparatus capable of transmitting any message in a flexible manner at various timings of communication service states, and a message transmission method thereof. When a communication trigger detector 103 of an IMS 100 detects a trigger point, a determination portion 104 determines a massage to be transmitted based upon at least one of a type of the communication service state, a transmission destination of the message, presence information, and an instruction input. A message transmitter 105 give an instruction to an information storage device 300 to transmit the message to be transmitted that has been determined, and the information storage device 300 transmits the message to the transmission destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Motoshi Tamura, Masami Yabusaki, Chikako Tsukada
  • Patent number: 7818363
    Abstract: A communications system which allows data transfer not using a terminal ID assigned by an access network but using routing information distinct from the terminal ID is provided. The communications system transmits data including, as a destination address, a second terminal ID, from a first terminal to the second terminal via a plurality of transfer devices. A first transfer device includes a first memory for storing the second terminal ID and routing information for routing the data to a second transfer device, associating them with one another, and a routing processor for adding to the data the routing information for routing the data to the second transfer device associated with the second terminal ID included in the data, and transferring the data to the second transfer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Hayashi, Takeshi Ihara, Masami Yabusaki, Manhee Jo
  • Patent number: 7684801
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to avoid packet loss and implement a seamless handover by minimizing the handover latency when a handover is implemented by a multihomed moving network (MN) or a mobile host (MH). The present invention is a mobile communication system that is constituted comprising an MN, a plurality of AI each constituting an interface for the connection to a core network at the MN, and a control device (MMF), wherein the MMF dynamically changes the AI adopted as the connection interface when a predetermined condition is satisfied on the basis of the connection status to the core network at each AI or the prediction information for a subsequent handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Suzuki, Hiroshi Kawakami, Akihito Okura, Masami Yabusaki