Patents by Inventor Masatoshi KUBOKURA

Masatoshi KUBOKURA 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 method, and computer program product
    Patent number: 9860408
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more devices configured to operate based on setting information for controlling an operation; and at least one external device configured to change the setting information of the device. The external device includes circuitry configured to: acquire the setting information of the device, generate change information obtained by changing the acquired setting information, and set the change information in the device. The device includes circuitry configured to: acquire the setting information from a setting storage and transmit the acquired setting information to the external device, acquire the change information in the external device, and rewrite original setting information stored in the setting storage to the acquired change information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kubokura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20170171415
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more devices configured to operate based on setting information for controlling an operation; and at least one external device configured to change the setting information of the device. The external device includes circuitry configured to: acquire the setting information of the device, generate change information obtained by changing the acquired setting information, and set the change information in the device. The device includes circuitry configured to: acquire the setting information from a setting storage and transmit the acquired setting information to the external device, acquire the change information in the external device, and rewrite original setting information stored in the setting storage to the acquired change information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kubokura
  • Image forming apparatus that acquires and displays list information from document management apparatus for selection of process target for image formation
    Patent number: 8902452
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus managing a display device and configured to function as a Web client, and a document management apparatus managing document information usable for a process target of the image forming apparatus and list information of the document information and configured to function as a Web server. The document management apparatus is coupled to the image forming apparatus via a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kubokura
  • IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090237722
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus managing a display device and configured to function as a Web client, and a document management apparatus managing document information usable for a process target of the image forming apparatus and list information of the document information and configured to function as a Web server. The document management apparatus is coupled to the image forming apparatus via a communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Masatoshi KUBOKURA