Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Kotake

Mitsuhiro Kotake 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).

  • System for connecting an incoming call to a selected one of a number of extensions
    Patent number: 5815564
    Abstract: In an incoming call service by which an extension can be directly called when a call comes in from another office, a dedicated terminal for selecting an extension to which the incoming call is connected is installed to enable the user to select it as desired, thereby increasing usage of call incoming lines for effective use. An exchange which connects an incoming call from another office directly to an extension, an input device for accepting specification of an extension corresponding to a specific incoming call, and a controller which includes a definition device for defining the correspondence between the specific incoming call and extension are provided. Upon receipt of an incoming call, the exchange connects the call to its corresponding extension in response to the correspondence defined in the definition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuo Tsuzuki, Masahiro Kumon, Yoshiharu Kondoh, Mitsuhiro Kotake, Masayuki Hashimura
  • System for connecting an incoming call to a selected one of a number of extensions
    Patent number: 5563940
    Abstract: In an incoming call service by which an extension can be directly called when a call comes in from another office, a dedicated terminal for selecting an extension to which the incoming call is connected is installed to enable the user to select it as desired, thereby increasing usage of call incoming lines for effective use. An exchange which connects an incoming call from another office directly to an extension, an input device for accepting specification of an extension corresponding to a specific incoming call, and a controller which includes a definition device for defining the correspondence between the specific incoming call and extension are provided. Upon receipt of an incoming call, the exchange connects the call to its corresponding extension in response to the correspondence defined in the definition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuo Tsuzuki, Masahiro Kumon, Yoshiharu Kondoh, Mitsuhiro Kotake, Masayuki Hashimura
  • System for connecting an incoming call to a selected one of a number of extensions
    Patent number: 5541992
    Abstract: In an incoming call service by which an extension can be directly called when a call comes in from another office, a dedicated terminal for selecting an extension to which the incoming call is connected is installed to enable the user to select it as desired, thereby increasing usage of call incoming lines for effective use. An exchange which connects an incoming call from another office directly to an extension, an input device for accepting specification of an extension corresponding to a specific incoming call, and a controller which includes a definition device for defining the correspondence between the specific incoming call and extension are provided. Upon receipt of an incoming call, the exchange connects the call to its corresponding extension in response to the correspondence defined in the definition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuo Tsuzuki, Masahiro Kumon, Yoshiharu Kondoh, Mitsuhiro Kotake, Masayuki Hashimura