Patents by Inventor Ryoya TSUJI

Ryoya TSUJI 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: 20230289116
    Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11736274
    Abstract: A terminal device may, in a case where a first type of related information including a public key is obtained due to a first type of communication device outputting the first type of related information, send first connection information to the first type of communication device. The first type of communication device may be capable of executing a wireless communication complying with a predetermined rule of Wi-Fi scheme. The terminal device may, in a case where a second type of related information different from the first type of related information is obtained due to a second type of communication device outputting the second type of related information, send second connection information to the second type of communication device. The second type of communication device may be incapable of executing a wireless communication complying with the predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11630619
    Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11550525
    Abstract: A terminal device may execute a first attempt process in which the terminal device attempts to communicate with a server on the Internet via a communication interface by using a specific LAN to which the terminal device is currently connected; and in a case where the attempt to communicate with the server is successful in the first attempt process, send connection information to a communication device different from the terminal device, the connection information being for connecting the communication device to the specific LAN, wherein in a case where a specific condition is fulfilled, the connection information is not sent to the communication device, the specific condition including a condition that the attempt to communicate with the server fails in the first attempt process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11553049
    Abstract: A first terminal device may obtain address information by using a communication device different from the first terminal device, the address information being for sending information to a second terminal device different from both the first terminal device and the communication device; send connection information to the communication device, the connection information being for the communication device to connect to a network; and after the connection information has been sent to the communication device, send notification information with the obtained address information as a destination, the notification information indicating that the connection information has been sent to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20220083293
    Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11252768
    Abstract: A terminal device may acquire a first identifier identifying a first AP from an OS program in a case where a first wireless connection has been established with the first AP, send a search instruction to a communication device using a second wireless connection in a case where the second wireless connection is established with the communication device, receive search result information including N identifiers identifying N access points from the communication device, and determine whether the first identifier exists in the N identifiers. The terminal device may send a first connection instruction including the first identifier to the communication device in a case where it is determined that the first identifier exists, and send a second connection instruction including a second identifier to the communication device in a case where it is determined that the first identifier does not exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoya Tsuji, Kazuaki Ogawa, Longlong Ruan
  • Patent number: 11231892
    Abstract: A communication device may, in a specific situation where the communication device is in a parent station state in which the communication device operates as a parent station of a first wireless network and N pieces of first external devices participate in the first wireless network as child stations, receive a belonging request from a second external device. The communication device may shift from the parent station state to a first state, in a case where the belonging request is received in the specific situation, execute a wireless communication of target data with the second external device, shift from the first state to the parent station state, and cause M pieces of the first external devices among the N pieces of the first external devices to participate in the first wireless network again as child stations after the communication device has been shifted to the parent station state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoya Tsuji, Hirotaka Asakura, Yusuke Shimada, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11200012
    Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210365225
    Abstract: A terminal device may execute a first attempt process in which the terminal device attempts to communicate with a server on the Internet via a communication interface by using a specific LAN to which the terminal device is currently connected; and in a case where the attempt to communicate with the server is successful in the first attempt process, send connection information to a communication device different from the terminal device, the connection information being for connecting the communication device to the specific LAN, wherein in a case where a specific condition is fulfilled, the connection information is not sent to the communication device, the specific condition including a condition that the attempt to communicate with the server fails in the first attempt process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Ryoya TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20210306430
    Abstract: A first terminal device may obtain address information by using a communication device different from the first terminal device, the address information being for sending information to a second terminal device different from both the first terminal device and the communication device; send connection information to the communication device, the connection information being for the communication device to connect to a network; and after the connection information has been sent to the communication device, send notification information with the obtained address information as a destination, the notification information indicating that the connection information has been sent to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoya TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20210100045
    Abstract: A terminal device may acquire a first identifier identifying a first AP from an OS program in a case where a first wireless connection has been established with the first AP, send a search instruction to a communication device using a second wireless connection in a case where the second wireless connection is established with the communication device, receive search result information including N identifiers identifying N access points from the communication device, and determine whether the first identifier exists in the N identifiers. The terminal device may send a first connection instruction including the first identifier to the communication device in a case where it is determined that the first identifier exists, and send a second connection instruction including a second identifier to the communication device in a case where it is determined that the first identifier does not exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoya TSUJI, Kazuaki OGAWA, Longlong RUAN
  • Patent number: 10911401
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a target IP address from a target device by using a first communication scheme; after the target IP address which is a global IP address has been received from the target device, send a first signal including the target IP address as a destination IP address via the Internet by using a second communication scheme; determine whether a second signal is received via the Internet by using the second communication scheme in response to sending the first signal, the second signal including the target IP address as a source IP address; and in a case where it is determined that the second signal is received, execute a security process related to security of the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10846030
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a target IP address from a target device; after the target IP address which is a global IP address has been received from the target device, send a request signal including the target IP address to a server, the request signal being for causing the server to send a specific signal, the specific signal including the target IP address as a destination IP address; determine whether first information is received from the server, wherein the first information is received from the server in a case where the server receives a response signal including the target IP address as a source IP address in response to the server having sent the specific signal; and in a case where it is determined that the first information is received, execute a security process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoya Tsuji, Takeshi Miyake
  • Publication number: 20200220718
    Abstract: A terminal device may, in a case where a first type of related information including a public key is obtained due to a first type of communication device outputting the first type of related information, send first connection information to the first type of communication device. The first type of communication device may be capable of executing a wireless communication complying with a predetermined rule of Wi-Fi scheme. The terminal device may, in a case where a second type of related information different from the first type of related information is obtained due to a second type of communication device outputting the second type of related information, send second connection information to the second type of communication device. The second type of communication device may be incapable of executing a wireless communication complying with the predetermined rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ryoya TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20200192616
    Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10613805
    Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20190361643
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a target IP address from a target device; after the target IP address which is a global IP address has been received from the target device, send a request signal including the target IP address to a server, the request signal being for causing the server to send a specific signal, the specific signal including the target IP address as a destination IP address; determine whether first information is received from the server, wherein the first information is received from the server in a case where the server receives a response signal including the target IP address as a source IP address in response to the server having sent the specific signal; and in a case where it is determined that the first information is received, execute a security process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ryoya TSUJI, Takeshi MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20190364015
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a target IP address from a target device by using a first communication scheme; after the target IP address which is a global IP address has been received from the target device, send a first signal including the target IP address as a destination IP address via the Internet by using a second communication scheme; determine whether a second signal is received via the Internet by using the second communication scheme in response to sending the first signal, the second signal including the target IP address as a source IP address; and in a case where it is determined that the second signal is received, execute a security process related to security of the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Ryoya TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20190354321
    Abstract: A communication device may, in a specific situation where the communication device is in a parent station state in which the communication device operates as a parent station of a first wireless network and N pieces of first external devices participate in the first wireless network as child stations, receive a belonging request from a second external device. The communication device may shift from the parent station state to a first state, in a case where the belonging request is received in the specific situation, execute a wireless communication of target data with the second external device, shift from the first state to the parent station state, and cause M pieces of the first external devices among the N pieces of the first external devices to participate in the first wireless network again as child stations after the communication device has been shifted to the parent station state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ryoya Tsuji, Hirotaka Asakura, Yusuke Shimada, Hiroshi Shibata