Patents by Inventor MASASHI HITOTSUYA

MASASHI HITOTSUYA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230376971
    Abstract: An answering system includes a first obtainer, an input receiver, a second obtainer, a processor, and a presenter. The first obtainer obtains registered user information and registered product information on the registered user information. The input receiver receives an input related to a question from a questioning user. The second obtainer obtains questioning user information on the questioning user. The processor generates a candidate answer regarding the registered product information in response to the input related to the question, when registered user information that matches the questioning user information obtained by the second obtainer is present. The presenter presents the candidate answer generated by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jiro SHIMAYA, Kento OGAWA, Masashi HITOTSUYA
  • Publication number: 20220386223
    Abstract: An information processing method includes a presenting step, an obtaining step, and a connecting step. The presenting step is a step of presenting candidate information regarding candidates for an access point to a user via a terminal device communicable with an electronic device. Each of the candidate has a communication standard to which the electronic device conforms. The obtaining step is a step of obtaining, from the terminal device, connection information to be used in wireless communication connection with an access point corresponding to one connection destination candidate selected by the user using the terminal device from connection destination candidates based on the candidate information. The connecting step is a step of establishing the wireless communication connection with the access point corresponding to the one connection destination candidate with reference to the connection information obtained at the obtaining step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi HITOTSUYA, Tomohiro MAEDA, Kento OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220217441
    Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining, from each of one or more reproduction devices that have reproduced a content contained in a broadcast program, first information indicating a reproduction history of the content reproduced; obtaining second information indicating a display history of a web page displayed by each of one or more display devices; calculating an index indicating a relation between reproduction of the content by a first reproduction device among the one or more reproduction devices and display of the web page by a first display device that has a relation to the first reproduction device among the one or more display devices, based on the first information and the second information which are obtained; and outputting the index calculated in the calculating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Masaya YAMAMOTO, Kotaro TANAKA, Masashi HITOTSUYA, Mitsuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220197895
    Abstract: An information management system includes: an attribute information DB that stores attribute information of a user as user information; a data obtainer that obtains, from at least one home appliance used by the user, first device data including an operating status of the at least one home appliance; and an updater that updates the user information stored in the attribute information DB, using first attribute information that is based on the first device data obtained. The updater compares the first attribute information and second attribute information stored in the attribute information DB as the user information to determine whether a difference is present between the first attribute information and the second attribute information, and updates the user information with the first attribute information when determining that the difference is present, and does not update the user information when determining that no difference is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuki YAMADA, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Kotaro TANAKA, Masashi HITOTSUYA
  • Publication number: 20210383450
    Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining location information indicating an installation location of an appliance, and user information indicating a first user linked to the installation location; obtaining log information indicating an operation performed by the appliance, and receiver information indicating a second user that receives presentation information; determining, when detecting a change in a state of the first user by reference to the log information and determining that the first user does not match the second user, the presentation information to be presented to the second user in accordance with the change in the state; and outputting the presentation information determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kotaro TANAKA, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Masashi HITOTSUYA, Mitsuki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10142667
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a storage, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The storage stores association information that associates access information on the program processing apparatus corresponding to user identification information with the user identification information. The acquisition unit acquires the user identification information and program-specifying information that specifies a broadcast program. The controller specifies the access information on the association information from the user identification information. Then, the controller causes the program processing apparatus to perform processing regarding the broadcast program specified by the program-specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit by using the access information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Hitotsuya, Naoya Takao, Shota Hario, Kunio Gobara
  • Publication number: 20180199090
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a storage, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The storage stores association information that associates access information on the program processing apparatus corresponding to user identification information with the user identification information. The acquisition unit acquires the user identification information and program-specifying information that specifies a broadcast program. The controller specifies the access information on the association information from the user identification information. Then, the controller causes the program processing apparatus to perform processing regarding the broadcast program specified by the program-specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit by using the access information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Masashi HITOTSUYA, Naoya TAKAO, Shota HARIO, Kunio GOBARA
  • Patent number: 9948971
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a storage, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The storage stores association information that associates access information on the program processing apparatus corresponding to user identification information with the user identification information. The acquisition unit acquires the user identification information and program-specifying information that specifies a broadcast program. The controller specifies the access information on the association information from the user identification information. Then, the controller causes the program processing apparatus to perform processing regarding the broadcast program specified by the program-specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit by using the access information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hitotsuya, Naoya Takao, Shota Hario, Kunio Gobara
  • Publication number: 20170048573
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a storage, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The storage stores association information that associates access information on the program processing apparatus corresponding to user identification information with the user identification information. The acquisition unit acquires the user identification information and program-specifying information that specifies a broadcast program. The controller specifies the access information on the association information from the user identification information. Then, the controller causes the program processing apparatus to perform processing regarding the broadcast program specified by the program-specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit by using the access information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: MASASHI HITOTSUYA, NAOYA TAKAO, SHOTA HARIO, KUNIO GOBARA