Patents by Inventor Michihiro Ota
Michihiro Ota 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).
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Publication number: 20160019507Abstract: According to an embodiment, business processing related to commercial transactions is uniformly supported between a plurality of business entities such as retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. A transaction support device generates order information, shipping information, and receiving information, generates profit information indicating a profit of a first business entity based on cash information of the first business entity and the receiving information, generates profit information indicating a profit of a second business entity based on the shipping information of the second business entity, and outputs settlement information containing the profit information to a device of a finance company which acquires the cash sales recovered from the first business entity with respect to a transaction between the first business entity and the second business entity which is an order destination of the first business entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki TAKAMURA, Michihiro OTA
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Patent number: 7519543Abstract: A promotion method and a system which can realize thoughtful promotion by facilitating changing settings such as the number of points issued for each commodity, a promotion period and the like without the necessity for changing settings of target automatic vending machines all at once. A commodity code peculiar to each commodity is added to point information, and a data center selectively adds the number of points of the point information of the specific commodity on the basis of the commodity code.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2001Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Patent number: 7428987Abstract: There is provided a cashless vending system including a vending machine 12 having a device 16 that reads transaction history information from a medium 11 and a communication device that sends transaction history information to an information center 13; and an information center 13 having a device that receives transaction history information from the vending machine 12, a device that receives verification information from a mobile phone 14 or the like, a device that determines the validity of the verification information, and a device that sends transaction history information to the mobile phone 14 when the verification information is valid. When a user allows the vending machine to read the medium 11 and sends verification information to the information center 13 from the mobile phone 14, the information center 13 sends transaction history information to the mobile phone 14 of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Akira Onodera
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Publication number: 20070122941Abstract: The terminal device of the present invention comprises a transmitting means for transmitting, to a contact-less IC medium, commands and carrier signals used for receiving responses, a receiving means for receiving responses from the contact-less IC medium, and a controlling means for controlling at least one of the transmitting means and the receiving means so as to adjust a maximum distance at which the terminal device can communicate with the contact-less IC medium. The terminal device firstly transmits an inquiry request command from the transmitting means to the contact-less IC medium, and receives an inquiry request response to the transmitted inquiry request command at the receiving means from the contact-less IC medium. Then, the terminal device transmits a data processing command from the transmitting means to the contact-less IC medium, and receives a data processing response to the transmitted data processing command at the receiving means from the contact-less IC medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroto Honda, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Patent number: 7216089Abstract: Upon the sale of merchandise by a vending machine, encrypted point information expressing prescribed points is presented to a user. The user transmits the presented point information, together with identification information for the user, to a center device by means of the user's portable telephone set. The center device decrypts the transmitted and encrypted point information, stores and manages points corresponding to the point information for the user, and offers prescribed service to the user based on the points stored and managed for the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinoda
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Publication number: 20060217998Abstract: There is provided a cashless vending system including a vending machine 12 having a device 16 that reads transaction history information from a medium 11 and a communication device that sends transaction history information to an information center 13; and an information center 13 having a device that receives transaction history information from the vending machine 12, a device that receives verification information from a mobile phone 14 or the like, a device that determines the validity of the verification information, and a device that sends transaction history information to the mobile phone 14 when the verification information is valid. When a user allows the vending machine to read the medium 11 and sends verification information to the information center 13 from the mobile phone 14, the information center 13 sends transaction history information to the mobile phone 14 of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Akira Onodera
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Publication number: 20060122885Abstract: A promotion system which can manage a promotion system depending on various conditions and independently configure a plurality of promotion systems for individual distributors. A sub-code comprised of a distributor, date information, price information, an area code, etc. is added to point information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2006Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Patent number: 7020691Abstract: To send point information indicated by an automatic vending machine to a center unit by a packet communication function of a portable telephone of a user of the automatic vending machine, a free space in a single packet of the point information to be sent from the automatic vending machine to the center unit is used to send management information such as sales information, stock information, failure information and the like of the automatic vending machine to the center unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2001Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Publication number: 20060036500Abstract: A cardless sales method and system for purchasing a commodity by transmitting card issuing information stored in a mobile communication terminal to a sales processing device and capable of promptly authenticating card information by the sales processing device alone and safely handling the card information. Card authentication information (35) issued from a card issuer (1) and card issuing information (34) including card information (33) are stored in a mobile communication terminal (7). Upon sales processing using the card issuing information (34), the card issuing information is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal (7) to a sales processing device (18) and the sales processing device (18) judges validity of the card information according to the card authentication information (35) contained in the card issuing information (34) received from the mobile communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2003Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventor: Michihiro Ota
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Publication number: 20050262152Abstract: When the user connects an information transferring device (2) to a predetermined external connection section of an offline device (1), the offline device (1) transmits information to the information transferring device (2), which stores the received information. Next, when the user removes the information transferring device (2), which has stored the information, from the offline device (1), and then the user connects the information transferring device (2) to a predetermined external connection section of a user's communication terminal (3), the information transferring device (2) controls the communication terminal (3) to commence communication between the communication terminal (3) and a center device (4), and then the communication terminal (3) transmits the information stored in the information transferring device (2) to the center device (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Setsufumi Kamuro
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Publication number: 20050228758Abstract: A mobile telephone call fee pre-payment registration system and device capable of registering telephone call permission without requiring a complicated input operation causing erroneous input. A telephone call fee pre-payment registration device (20) performs money deposit processing for recognizing amount information (money deposit information) relating to money introduced into a money deposit processing section by a user, and performs control for obtaining identification information from the mobile telephone terminal (10) via a first communications unit (23), and sending the identification information thus obtained and the money deposit information processed by the money deposit processing unit, to a registration center device (40) via a second communications unit (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: October 13, 2005Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada, Hiroki Hoshino, Kumiko Hisai, Akira Onodera
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Publication number: 20050164674Abstract: A mobile telephone call fee pre-payment registration system and device capable of registering telephone call permission without requiring a complicated input operation causing erroneous input. A telephone call fee pre-payment registration device (20) performs money deposit processing for recognizing amount information (money deposit information) relating to money introduced into a money deposit processing section by a user, and performs control for obtaining identification information from the mobile telephone terminal (10) via a first communications unit (23), and sending the identification information thus obtained and the money deposit information processed by the money deposit processing unit, to a registration center device (40) via a second communications unit (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUXInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada, Hiroki Hoshimo, Kumiko Hisai, Akira Onodera
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Publication number: 20050131577Abstract: A cashless vending system using a portable communication terminal, which can make a conventional vending machine into the cashless type with ease without requiring users to perform a complex operation. When a vending machine 1 detects that a change return lever is operated by a user after a settlement request code is issued, the vending machine 1 issues a settlement cancellation request code requesting the cancellation of a settlement according to the settlement request code, and a center device 3 performs cancel processing of the settlement according to the settlement cancellation request code received from the vending machine 1 via a portable telephone terminal 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2002Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUXInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada, Kumiko Hisai, Hiroki Hoshino
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Publication number: 20040129778Abstract: A cashless automatic vendor system comprises a portable communication terminal which enables a user to dispense with troublesome operations and to execute the cashless operation of even an existing automatic vendor. An automatic vendor (1) issues a settlement request code for requesting the settlement of a selected commodity on the basis of user's operation. A center apparatus (3) processes settlement on the basis of the settlement request code received from the automatic vendor (1) via a cellular phone terminal (2), processes the settlement request code as predetermined to generated a sale permission code, and transmits it to the cellular phone terminal (2). The automatic vendor (1) reads the sale permission code displayed on the display section of the cellular phone terminal (2) and controls commodity sale on the basis of the sale permission code.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada, Akira Onodera, Kumiko Hisai
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Publication number: 20040002365Abstract: An information transmission method and a system capable of transmitting information without requiring a troublesome operation and at a low cost is provided. A portable communication terminal such as a cellular phone, a PHS or the like capable of making a telephone call and performing communications over a telephone line changes an image to be displayed on a display portion with time to transmit information to an information-receiving device. The information-receiving device receives a change in display of the image on the portable communication terminal by a receiver portion and recognizes the information from the received change in display (e.g., a display interval, etc.).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada, Kumiko Hisai, Hiroki Hoshino
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Publication number: 20030014309Abstract: A method for judging unauthorized use of point information and a promotion system, which realize effective use of a point issue number added to the point information. Of the used point numbers, only the numbers contained in a predetermined range are stored. If the point issue number of the point information sent from the user lies in the predetermined range, whether or not it has been used is confirmed by comparing it with the used point issue number stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Publication number: 20020077911Abstract: A promotion system which can manage a promotion system depending on various conditions and independently configure a plurality of promotion systems for individual distributors. A sub-code comprised of a distributor, date information, price information, an area code, etc. is added to point information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Publication number: 20020055994Abstract: To send point information indicated by an automatic vending machine to a center unit by a packet communication function of a portable telephone of a user of the automatic vending machine, a free space in a single packet of the point information to be sent from the automatic vending machine to the center unit is used to send management information such as sales information, stock information, failure information and the like of the automatic vending machine to the center unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Publication number: 20020052789Abstract: A promotion method and a system which can realize thoughtful promotion by facilitating changing settings such as the number of points issued for each commodity, a promotion period and the like without the necessity for changing settings of target automatic vending machines all at once. A commodity code peculiar to each commodity is added to point information, and a data center selectively adds the number of points of the point information of the specific commodity on the basis of the commodity code.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Publication number: 20020035545Abstract: Point information is sold from a vending machine. A user sends purchased point information to a data center via the Internet using a portable telephone set or a personal computer. Points corresponding to this point information are accumulated and the user can download digital contents in accordance with the accumulated points.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada