Patents by Inventor Naofumi Hosoda

Naofumi Hosoda 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: 7076440
    Abstract: A notice board business system database stores therein collectively the contents of all the data heads relating to a series of business processes, and is held in common in the form of a notice board through clients by all the related persons in charge of the tasks. A status change rule sets the data head in which the data input should be completed with respect to each of the task processes. A status watcher refers to both the notice board business system database and the status change rule to make the task process change from the current task process to the next task process when the predetermined data input has been completed in the process in task so as to inform the related client of that the status change has occurred. In addition, the status watcher refers to a status change limit rule for setting the data input completion due date for each of the task processes so as to inform, when the processing due date is drawing near, the related client of that the processing due date is drawing near.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Tamaki, Yuji Tsusaka, Naofumi Hosoda, Eiji Takamatsu, Makoto Ogawa, Akiko Nagayama
  • Patent number: 6275809
    Abstract: A notice board business system database stores therein collectively the contents of all the data heads relating to a series of business processes, and is held in common in the form of a notice board through clients by all the related persons in charge of the tasks. A status change rule sets the data head in which the data input should be completed with respect to each of the task processes. A status watcher refers to both the notice board business system database and the status change rule to make the task process change from the current task process to the next task process when the predetermined data input has been completed in the process in task so as to inform the related client of that the status change has occurred. In addition, the status watcher refers to a status change limit rule for setting the data input completion due date for each of the task processes so as to inform, when the processing due date is drawing near, the related client of that the processing due date is drawing near.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Tamaki, Yuji Tsusaka, Naofumi Hosoda, Eiji Takamatsu, Makoto Ogawa, Akiko Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20010008998
    Abstract: A notice board business system database stores therein collectively the contents of all the data heads relating to a series of business processes, and is held in common in the form of a notice board through clients by all the related persons in charge of the tasks. A status change rule sets the data head in which the data input should be completed with respect to each of the task processes. A status watcher refers to both the notice board business system database and the status change rule to make the task process change from the current task process to the next task process when the predetermined data input has been completed in the process in task so as to inform the related client of that the status change has occurred. In addition, the status watcher refers to a status change limit rule for setting the data input completion due date for each of the task processes so as to inform, when the processing due date is drawing near, the related client of that the processing due date is drawing near.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Masato Tamaki, Yuji Tsusaka, Naofumi Hosoda, Eiji Takamatsu, Makoto Ogawa, Akiko Nagayama
  • Patent number: 5864821
    Abstract: Even if undecided portion is contained in the data which is necessary for a series of business processings, necessary data is transmitted to the business processing section which wants to confirm the necessary data without carrying out the destination specifying operation. When inputting data from the business processing section in charge of input, parameters representing the degrees of decision are input together with the data and are stored in a database which is common to the business processing sections, the progress stage of a series of business processings is judged on the basis of a progress stage definition table in which the relation between the input situation of the data items and the parameters, and the progress stages of the series of business processings is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naofumi Hosoda, Masato Tamaki, Toshihiko Mori, Masafumi Itabashi, Mitsuko Yoshimoto