Patents by Inventor Masato Ushio

Masato Ushio 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: 10469422
    Abstract: One object is to allow communication by sound/voice other than user speeches in voice chatting. A system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of terminal devices and a server communicatively connected to the terminal devices; and the system allows voice chat between users of the terminal devices. In the system, the terminal devices of the users who are members of a chat unit and participating in the chat unit perform the voice chat communication for implementing the voice chat in the chat unit. The terminal device of one user who is a member of the chat unit makes a play request for an audio file selected by the one user to the terminal device of another user who is a member of the chat unit based on an instruction from the one user, and the terminal device of the other user plays the audio file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ushio, Teppei Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9942393
    Abstract: A server according to one embodiment includes an information storage unit that store various types of information; a notification information transmission unit that transmits predetermined notification information to a terminal device of an invited user who is invited to a voice chat in response to receiving a voice chat initiation request from a terminal device of a requesting user; a state monitor unit that monitors whether the requesting user and the invited user are in an available state in which they are able to perform a voice chat; and a voice chat control unit that enables a voice chat communication between the terminal device of the requesting user and the terminal device of the invited user when the requesting user and the invited user are in the available state. The server serves as a voice chat management device that manages a voice chat between users who operate their terminal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ushio, Teppei Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20170134321
    Abstract: One object is to allow communication by sound/voice other than user speeches in voice chatting. A system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of terminal devices and a server communicatively connected to the terminal devices; and the system allows voice chat between users of the terminal devices. In the system, the terminal devices of the users who are members of a chat unit and participating in the chat unit perform the voice chat communication for implementing the voice chat in the chat unit. The terminal device of one user who is a member of the chat unit makes a play request for an audio file selected by the one user to the terminal device of another user who is a member of the chat unit based on an instruction from the one user, and the terminal device of the other user plays the audio file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Masato USHIO, Teppei FUJISAWA, Nobuhiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170118334
    Abstract: A server according to one embodiment includes an information storage unit that store various types of information; a notification information transmission unit that transmits predetermined notification information to a terminal device of an invited user who is invited to a voice chat in response to receiving a voice chat initiation request from a terminal device of a requesting user; a state monitor unit that monitors whether the requesting user and the invited user are in an available state in which they are able to perform a voice chat; and a voice chat control unit that enables a voice chat communication between the terminal device of the requesting user and the terminal device of the invited user when the requesting user and the invited user are in the available state. The server serves as a voice chat management device that manages a voice chat between users who operate their terminal devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masato USHIO, Teppei FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20150126285
    Abstract: One object is to display different game screens on different terminals. A server in an embodiment executes a program including: a game progress control module for controlling progress of a game; a generation module for generating first frame information corresponding to a first game screen to be displayed on a first terminal and second frame information corresponding to a second game screen to be displayed on a second terminal, each of the first and second frame information including a plurality of drawing commands; a determination module for determining whether to send the frame information, based on the throughput specified in response to sending of the drawing time information from the terminal, a compression module for compressing the frame information; a sending control module for sending, to the terminal, the frame information determined to be sent to the terminal; and a request module for requesting drawing time information from the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuho Oku, Masato Ushio