Patents by Inventor Mina Maruyama

Mina Maruyama 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).

  • Learning control information generation method, apparatus and computer readable medium storing learning control information generation program
    Patent number: 6685475
    Abstract: A learning control information generation method in a web-based training system which uses the WWW for education is provided. The learning control information generation method includes the steps of specifying hypertext information which is processed first, requesting and obtaining the hypertext information, analyzing the hypertext information, and obtaining element information and link information, storing relations between the hypertext information, the element information and the link information by using list structure in a storage, detecting a relation which corresponds with a condition of a rule for generating learning control information necessary for the web-based training system from the stored relations, and executing an action of the rule and outputting the learning control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Mina Maruyama, Kiyoshi Nakabayashi
  • Learning support method, system and computer readable medium storing learning support program
    Patent number: 6651097
    Abstract: A learning support method is provided, in which sophisticated learning support services which a learning support server provides can be used by using a tag rewriting rule, history information can be obtained, and a sophisticated user interface design, for example, for controlling a window can be realized. The learning support method includes the steps of: retrieving tag information which corresponds to a condition part from information, which is obtained by a learning support server, by using a tag rewriting rule, the tag rewriting rule including the condition part and an action part which describes a process; changing the tag information according to the process in the action part; and providing information in which the tag information is changed to an information terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Mina Maruyama, Kiyoshi Nakabayashi
  • Information providing method and system using information modification rules
    Patent number: 6003076
    Abstract: An information providing method and system is provided, in which information suitable for a user can be provided without any change for information stored in information providing servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Mina Maruyama, Kiyoshi Nakabayashi, Yoshimasa Koike