Patents by Inventor Michihiko Tsuda

Michihiko Tsuda 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: 8849702
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a utilization request for one of plural services provided by a computer; a service attribute information storage unit configured to store service attribute information of each of the services, the service attribute information including information indicating a type of the service and information indicating an evaluation of a content of the service; and a service recommending unit configured to search the service attribute information storage unit for the service attribute information corresponding to the type of the requested service, and determine a utilization-recommended service based on the evaluation information in the service attribute information retrieved from the service attribute information storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishihara, Keiichi Suzuki, Michihiko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8786887
    Abstract: A log management system stores association data indicating association between program identification information for identifying a program that requests execution of one or more functions at an information processing apparatus, and function identification information for identifying each one of the one or more functions to be executed by the program, receives program identification information for identifying a program that requests the information processing apparatus to execute one or more functions from the information processing terminal on which the program is installed through the network, and obtains function identification information that is associated with the program identification information received from the information processing terminal using the association data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Oku, Michihiko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8767235
    Abstract: An image processing system including a first image forming apparatus that sends fax data, and a second image forming apparatus that receives fax data sent from the first image forming apparatus via a communication link. The system also includes a first information processing apparatus connected to the first image forming apparatus, and which provides the fax data to the first image forming apparatus. The first information processing apparatus may include an identifier adding unit that adds an identifier indicating a process to be performed on the fax data by the second image forming apparatus, and a data sending unit that controls the first image forming apparatus to send the fax data in response to an instruction from the first image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Adachi, Michihiko Tsuda, Susumu Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20130016393
    Abstract: A log management system stores association data indicating association between program identification information for identifying a program that requests execution of one or more functions at an information processing apparatus, and function identification information for identifying each one of the one or more functions to be executed by the program, receives program identification information for identifying a program that requests the information processing apparatus to execute one or more functions from the information processing terminal on which the program is installed through the network, and obtains function identification information that is associated with the program identification information received from the information processing terminal using the association data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takenori Oku, Michihiko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20110295695
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a utilization request for one of plural services provided by a computer; a service attribute information storage unit configured to store service attribute information of each of the services, the service attribute information including information indicating a type of the service and information indicating an evaluation of a content of the service; and a service recommending unit configured to search the service attribute information storage unit for the service attribute information corresponding to the type of the requested service, and determine a utilization-recommended service based on the evaluation information in the service attribute information retrieved from the service attribute information storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishihara, Keiichi Suzuki, Michihiko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20110222112
    Abstract: An information processing system including an image forming apparatus, a relay unit, and a register unit that sends fax sending job information, including fax data generated from document data and setting information, to the relay unit. The relay unit stores the received fax sending data in a memory device, changes a part of fax setting information based on an instruction, sends the fax sending job information to the image forming apparatus in response to a request to acquire the fax sending data from the image forming apparatus, based on an instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Yutaka YAGIURA, Michihiko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20110222113
    Abstract: An image processing system including a first image forming apparatus that sends fax data, and a second image forming apparatus that receives fax data sent from the first image forming apparatus via a communication link. The system also includes a first information processing apparatus connected to the first image forming apparatus, and which provides the fax data to the first image forming apparatus. The first information processing apparatus may include an identifier adding unit that adds an identifier indicating a process to be performed on the fax data by the second image forming apparatus, and a data sending unit that controls the first image forming apparatus to send the fax data in response to an instruction from the first image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Shinichi ADACHI, Michihiko Tsuda, Susumu Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20070153303
    Abstract: An image processing device is disclosed that includes an image reading unit to read a manuscript including image information and additional information related to the image information, an extraction unit to extract the image information and the additional information from manuscript image data of the manuscript, and a processing unit to perform processing on the image information based on the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Yasushi Abe, Masaki Ishii, Yohei Yamamoto, Yoichiro Matsuno, Hirofumi Horikawa, Michihiko Tsuda, Sanae Endoh, Kanako Abe, Kenta Nozaki