Patents by Inventor SADATSUGU HASHIMOTO

SADATSUGU HASHIMOTO 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method to provide content on demand
    Patent number: 10042938
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a favorite list acquisition unit, a unique information acquisition unit, and a search result acquisition unit. The favorite list acquisition unit is configured to acquire a favorite list serving as a list of contents on which a favorite operation expressing a positive impression of a user has been performed. The unique information acquisition unit is configured to acquire, when one of the contents is selected from the favorite list, unique information unique to the selected content serving as the content selected from the favorite list. The search result acquisition unit is configured to acquire a search result obtained by searching for contents with the selected content as a keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Yukihiro Isono, Koji Fujita, Masato Kawada, Sadatsugu Hashimoto, Kenichi Ikenaga
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO GENERATE A PROGRAM GUIDE
    Publication number: 20150350710
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that acquires channel information corresponding to broadcast content from a second information processing apparatus; acquires program guide information from a third information processing apparatus based on the channel information; and generates a program guide based on the channel information and the program guide information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadatsugu Hashimoto, Ayumu Tanoue, Taichi Yuki, Masato Kawada, Tetsunoshin Anzai, Shinya Masunaga
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150066887
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a favorite list acquisition unit, a unique information acquisition unit, and a search result acquisition unit. The favorite list acquisition unit is configured to acquire a favorite list serving as a list of contents on which a favorite operation expressing a positive impression of a user has been performed. The unique information acquisition unit is configured to acquire, when one of the contents is selected from the favorite list, unique information unique to the selected content serving as the content selected from the favorite list. The search result acquisition unit is configured to acquire a search result obtained by searching for contents with the selected content as a keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: TOMOAKI TAKEMURA, SHINYA MASUNAGA, YUKIHIRO ISONO, KOJI FUJITA, MASATO KAWADA, SADATSUGU HASHIMOTO, KENICHI IKENAGA