Patents by Inventor Michitaka Kikuchi

Michitaka Kikuchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20040054600
    Abstract: A rental system using a computer for integrally managing/operating all the rental properties that a rental company holds at high efficiency. The current positions and operating states of rental properties, such as construction vehicles (101, 101, . . . . . ) are grasped in real time and reported to the rental company system (100) through a network (400). A basic server (108) of the rental company system (100) integrally manages the current positions and operating states, the rental state, and the maintenance state of the construction vehicles (101, (101, . . . . . ) and provides them to the server (111) of branch offices. At the branch offices, by using a terminal computer (112), portable telephones (104) that sales persons carries, and PDAs (104), the latest situation of the construction vehicles (101, 101, . . . . . ) is referred to so that rental orders, transfer, and maintenance of the construction vehicles (101, 101, . . . . . ) are conducted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Noriaki Abe, Michitaka Kikuchi