Patents by Inventor Ryotarou FUJIWARA

Ryotarou FUJIWARA 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).

  • Raising priorities of information based on social media relationships
    Patent number: 10701513
    Abstract: An information providing device includes a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of a first user and a character string from a terminal, an extracting unit configured to extract place information associated with the character string from action histories of a plurality of persons, a first identification unit configured to identify a second user that the first user follows by consulting information that represents a relationship between users on social media, an adjusting unit configured to, of the extracted place information, raise a priority of the place information contained in the action history of the second user as compared to the other place information; and a sending unit configured to send the extracted place information and the priority of the place information to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Okubi, Keiko Suzuki, Ryotarou Fujiwara, Takeshi Fujiki, Makoto Honda, Chikage Kubo
  • INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200162838
    Abstract: An information providing device includes a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of a first user and a character string from a terminal, an extracting unit configured to extract place information associated with the character string from action histories of a plurality of persons, a first identification unit configured to identify a second user that the first user follows by consulting information that represents a relationship between users on social media, an adjusting unit configured to, of the extracted place information, raise a priority of the place information contained in the action history of the second user as compared to the other place information; and a sending unit configured to send the extracted place information and the priority of the place information to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota OKUBI, Keiko SUZUKI, Ryotarou FUJIWARA, Kenji FUJIKI, Makoto HONDA, Chikage KUBO