Patents by Inventor Satoru HIRAKATA

Satoru HIRAKATA 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: 20160094671
    Abstract: An information processing system formed by connecting an information processing apparatus with terminal apparatuses includes a delivery unit delivering information received from the terminal apparatus to the other terminal apparatus; a display unit displaying the information exchanged between the terminal apparatuses; a user detection unit detecting whether the user exists before the other terminal apparatus in a case where the information delivered from the terminal apparatus is displayed in the other terminal apparatus; a report unit sending a report indicating that the information delivered from the terminal apparatus is browsed from the other terminal apparatus, which detect that the user exists, to the terminal apparatus and not sending the report from the other terminal apparatuses, which does not detect that the user exists; and a display control unit of the terminal apparatus displaying a browsed state of the information in the other terminal apparatuses based on the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru HIRAKATA
  • Patent number: 9251150
    Abstract: An information processing device for managing information saved in a save location, including an authentication unit configured to manage first authentication information and second authentication information in association with each other, said first authentication information required to authenticate a client device requesting an operation relevant to the information, and said second authentication information required for authentication at said save location that saves the information; a save location monitor unit configured to monitor the information saved in the save location by using the second authentication information, and update index information of the information saved in the save location; and an information management unit configured to create a list of the information saved in the save location by using the index information of the information saved in the save location, and provide the list to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Hirakata, Ryoh Shimomoto, Shinya Mukasa, Teruaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150244832
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device, includes a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services; a receiving unit that receives a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru HIRAKATA
  • Publication number: 20150205510
    Abstract: An information processing system is provided that interconnects at least one information processing apparatus and a terminal apparatus used by a user. The information processing system includes a file storage unit that stores a file to be shared, a delivery unit that delivers information received from one terminal apparatus to another terminal apparatus that is associated with the one terminal apparatus, a display unit that displays at the terminal apparatus a file acquired from the file storage unit and information exchanged between the terminal apparatuses via the delivery unit, and a transmitting unit that transmits to the delivery unit information for changing the display of the file displayed by the display unit based on a user operation of selecting the information exchanged between the terminal apparatuses and displayed by the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru HIRAKATA
  • Patent number: 9065951
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device, includes a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services; a receiving unit that receives a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru Hirakata
  • Publication number: 20150161407
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for managing information stored in a storage location includes an authentication management unit that manages first authentication information and second authentication information in association with each other, a storage location monitor unit, and an information management unit. The first authentication information is used to authenticate a user operating an operation terminal, and the second authentication information is used to prompt the storage location to authenticate the user. The storage location monitor unit monitors the information stored in the storage location using the second authentication information, and updates index information of the information stored in the storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru HIRAKATA
  • Publication number: 20150095988
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage area creation unit that creates a storage area containing a search condition for searching for data items in response to an input operation, a search unit that searches for, when the storage area containing the search condition is created, data items which match the search condition contained in the storage area from among data items stored in a database, a link information creation unit that creates link information for accessing the matching data items searched for by the search unit, and an arranging unit that arranges the link information created by the link information creation unit into the created storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru Hirakata
  • Publication number: 20140337928
    Abstract: An information processing device for managing information saved in a save location, including an authentication unit configured to manage first authentication information and second authentication information in association with each other, said first authentication information required to authenticate a client device requesting an operation relevant to the information, and said second authentication information required for authentication at said save location that saves the information; a save location monitor unit configured to monitor the information saved in the save location by using the second authentication information, and update index information of the information saved in the save location; and an information management unit configured to create a list of the information saved in the save location by using the index information of the information saved in the save location, and provide the list to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru HIRAKATA, RYOH SHIMOMOTO, SHINYA MUKASA, TERUAKI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140268208
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device, includes a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services; a receiving unit that receives a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru HIRAKATA