Patents by Inventor Michio Nishioka

Michio Nishioka 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: 8644483
    Abstract: A telephone relay apparatus stores peripheral telephone numbers of a plurality of peripheral telephone terminals scheduled to be located at the periphery of each specific terminal user. When a line connecting request from an outgoing telephone terminal of an arbitrary telephone outgoing user to a specific telephone terminal is received, connection of a telephone call execution line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal is tried. Therefore, when the connection is connected, a telephone call between the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can be immediately made. However, when the telephone call execution line to the specific telephone terminal is not connected, the peripheral telephone terminal is selected in a transfer trying order, and connection of the telephone call execution line is tried with the peripheral telephone numbers in the transfer trying order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Arao, Teruharu Serada, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8630400
    Abstract: When a telephone call line from an outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal of a specific terminal user is not opened, the telephone relay apparatus acquires periphery requirement data from user scheduled data about the specific terminal user having a scheduled date matching the present date, and selects a peripheral telephone terminal. Opening of a telephone call line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the selected peripheral telephone terminal is tried, and the outgoing telephone terminal not connected to the specific telephone terminal is connected to the peripheral telephone terminal. Thus, it is possible to increase the possibility that the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can talk to each other between the peripheral telephone terminal and the outgoing telephone terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Arao, Teruharu Serada, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Michio Nishioka, Kenichi Kamiya
  • Patent number: 8537704
    Abstract: A plurality of data communication terminals having a data display function is individually provided in each of a plurality of locations of use where general users individually check in. A user storage unit stores the user ID data and the location ID data with respect to each general user who has checked in, and a situation storage unit stores user situation data of the general user who has checked in, together with the user ID data. A group identification unit identifies the plurality of general users who have checked in as a group, and a listing display unit causes each of the data communication terminals in the plurality of locations of use where the general users of the group have checked in, to display a listing of at least the user ID data, the location ID data, and the user situation data of another member of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Teruharu Serada, Shinya Arao, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8451982
    Abstract: A management apparatus of a notification system includes an interface unit that communicates with a store terminal used for a predetermined site work process by a site worker and an IP telephone terminal used for IP phone call, which are located at one work site; an accepting unit that accepts an emergency notification to the site worker; a display control unit that displays and outputs the accepted emergency notification on the store terminal via the interface unit; and a calling unit that calls the IP telephone terminal via the interface unit to make the site worker recognize the emergency notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Arao, Teruharu Serada, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8086736
    Abstract: A data transmission/reception system is capable of transmitting and receiving data even from within a moving vehicle in which a constant connection to a communication network cannot be maintained. A temporary storage server that is established inside the moving vehicle temporarily saves upload data that are received from a user terminal. The temporary storage server is provided with the capability to determine whether a state exists that allows communication with various servers. When in a state that allows communication with the various servers, the temporary storage server transmits the data that it has temporarily saved to various servers by way of a communication network. The temporary storage server further, when requested to download from a user terminal, receives the download data from various servers by way of a communication network when in a state that allows communication with the various servers. The temporary storage server then temporarily saves the download data that have been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Omino, Michio Nishioka, Satoshi Mineshita
  • Publication number: 20110038289
    Abstract: A plurality of data communication terminals having a data display function is individually provided in each of a plurality of locations of use where general users individually check in. A user storage unit stores the user ID data and the location ID data with respect to each general user who has checked in, and a situation storage unit stores user situation data of the general user who has checked in, together with the user ID data. A group identification unit identifies the plurality of general users who have checked in as a group, and a listing display unit causes each of the data communication terminals in the plurality of locations of use where the general users of the group have checked in, to display a listing of at least the user ID data, the location ID data, and the user situation data of another member of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Teruharu Serada, Shinya Arao, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20100040223
    Abstract: When a telephone call line from an outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal of a specific terminal user is not opened, the telephone relay apparatus acquires periphery requirement data from user scheduled data about the specific terminal user having a scheduled date matching the present date, and selects a peripheral telephone terminal. Opening of a telephone call line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the selected peripheral telephone terminal is tried, and the outgoing telephone terminal not connected to the specific telephone terminal is connected to the peripheral telephone terminal. Thus, it is possible to increase the possibility that the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can talk to each other between the peripheral telephone terminal and the outgoing telephone terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Shinya Arao, Teruharu Serada, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Michio Nishioka, Kenichi Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20100008478
    Abstract: A management apparatus of a notification system includes an interface unit that communicates with a store terminal used for a predetermined site work process by a site worker and an IP telephone terminal used for IP phone call, which are located at one work site; an accepting unit that accepts an emergency notification to the site worker; a display control unit that displays and outputs the accepted emergency notification on the store terminal via the interface unit; and a calling unit that calls the IP telephone terminal via the interface unit to make the site worker recognize the emergency notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: SHINYA ARAO, Teruharu Serada, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20100002862
    Abstract: A telephone relay apparatus stores peripheral telephone numbers of a plurality of peripheral telephone terminals scheduled to be located at the periphery of each specific terminal user. When a line connecting request from an outgoing telephone terminal of an arbitrary telephone outgoing user to a specific telephone terminal is received, connection of a telephone call execution line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal is tried. Therefore, when the connection is connected, a telephone call between the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can be immediately made. However, when the telephone call execution line to the specific telephone terminal is not connected, the peripheral telephone terminal is selected in a transfer trying order, and connection of the telephone call execution line is tried with the peripheral telephone numbers in the transfer trying order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: SHINYA ARAO, TERUHARU SERADA, HIROKAZU YAMADA, NORIAKI HAYASE, TAKAYUKI OMINO, YASUAKI TSUNEMI, KENICHI KAMIYA, MICHIO NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 7549578
    Abstract: A contents distribution system capable of using contents from a wireless device without using a Kiosk terminal, its method, an accounting device, a contents distribution apparatus, and a program. A wireless device 10 issues a purchase request for contents to a contents server 30. The wireless device 10 accepts payment information about contents based on the payment data of the contents received from the contents server 30 at the purchase request, and transmits payment data to the contents server 30. The contents server 30 transmits the contents to the wireless device 10 by way of the access point 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Omino, Michio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20060054689
    Abstract: A contents distribution system capable of using contents from a wireless device without using a Kiosk terminal, its method, an accounting device, a contents distribution apparatus, and a program. A wireless device 10 issues a purchase request for contents to a contents server 30. The wireless device 10 accepts payment information about contents based on the payment data of the contents received from the contents server 30 at the purchase request, and transmits payment data to the contents server 30. The contents server 30 transmits the contents to the wireless device 10 by way of the access point 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Takayuki Omino, Michio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20050203682
    Abstract: A data transmission/reception system is capable of transmitting and receiving data even from within a moving vehicle in which a constant connection to a communication network cannot be maintained. A temporary storage server that is established inside the moving vehicle temporarily saves upload data that are received from a user terminal. The temporary storage server is provided with the capability to determine whether a state exists that allows communication with various servers. When in a state that allows communication with the various servers, the temporary storage server transmits the data that it has temporarily saved to various servers by way of a communication network. The temporary storage server further, when requested to download from a user terminal, receives the download data from various servers by way of a communication network when in a state that allows communication with the various servers. The temporary storage server then temporarily saves the download data that have been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Takayuki Omino, Michio Nishioka, Satoshi Mineshita