Patents by Inventor Masashi Taono

Masashi Taono 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: 20030130892
    Abstract: A frequent customer point management method for giving frequent customer points corresponding to use of goods from a goods provider to customers inclusive of purchasers and users of goods, using a point management system including at least a bill payer information storage portion for storing information of a payer of a bill of goods and a point information storage portion for storing information of application of a point corresponding to the goods. Bill payer information stipulating a payer of a bill of the goods is received from the customer, the bill payer information storage portion is retrieved on the basis of the bill payer information so received, and the point information storage portion is updated to stipulate the bill payer as the point acquiring party corresponding to the goods when the bill payer is found registered to the bill payer information storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Taono, Shingo Ikki, Nobuyuki Honma, Mari Nakazato, Kiyotaka Matsumoto