Patents by Inventor Seiichi Takamura
Seiichi Takamura 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).
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Patent number: 11379417Abstract: To make it possible to enhance convenience for users and a seller of content. There is provided an information processing device including: a schema converting unit that converts content meta-information managed by a plurality of different management systems into a common schema; and a recommendation unit that determines a combination of content to be recommended and a user based on commonized content meta-information which is obtained by the conversion into the common schema and content purchase history information in the respective management systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Yamamoto, Seiichi Takamura, Masashi Sekino
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Patent number: 11017660Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Yasuharu Asano
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Patent number: 10824687Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an experience extracting unit extracting experience information including information related to a time or a place from text information input by a user, and a user extracting unit extracting a user group in which the experience information of one or more users extracted by the experience extracting unit is compared to find a commonality in the experience information.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Kei Tateno
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Publication number: 20200234564Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiichi TAKAMURA, Yasuharu ASANO
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Patent number: 10586445Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Yasuharu Asano
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Publication number: 20190384746Abstract: To make it possible to enhance convenience for users and a seller of content. There is provided an information processing device including: a schema converting unit that converts content meta-information managed by a plurality of different management systems into a common schema; and a recommendation unit that determines a combination of content to be recommended and a user based on commonized content meta-information which is obtained by the conversion into the common schema and content purchase history information in the respective management systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriyuki YAMAMOTO, Seiichi TAKAMURA, Masashi SEKINO
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Patent number: 10496606Abstract: To make it possible to enhance convenience for users and a seller of content. There is provided an information processing device including: a schema converting unit that converts content meta-information managed by a plurality of different management systems into a common schema; and a recommendation unit that determines a combination of content to be recommended and a user based on commonized content meta-information which is obtained by the conversion into the common schema and content purchase history information in the respective management systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Yamamoto, Seiichi Takamura, Masashi Sekino
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Publication number: 20190122537Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiichi TAKAMURA, Yasuharu ASANO
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Patent number: 10217351Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Yasuharu Asano
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Publication number: 20180300417Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an experience extracting unit extracting experience information including information related to a time or a place from text information input by a user, and a user extracting unit extracting a user group in which the experience information of one or more users extracted by the experience extracting unit is compared to find a commonality in the experience information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi TAKAMURA, Kei TATENO
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Publication number: 20180240328Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiichi TAKAMURA, Yasuharu ASANO
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Patent number: 10042943Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an experience extracting unit extracting experience information including information related to a time or a place from text information input by a user, and a user extracting unit extracting a user group in which the experience information of one or more users extracted by the experience extracting unit is compared to find a commonality in the experience information.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Kei Tateno
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Patent number: 9978259Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Yasuharu Asano
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Publication number: 20170249326Abstract: To make it possible to enhance convenience for users and a seller of content. There is provided an information processing device including: a schema converting unit that converts content meta-information managed by a plurality of different management systems into a common schema; and a recommendation unit that determines a combination of content to be recommended and a user based on commonized content meta-information which is obtained by the conversion into the common schema and content purchase history information in the respective management systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: NORIYUKI YAMAMOTO, SEIICHI TAKAMURA, MASASHI SEKINO
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Publication number: 20170228778Abstract: To make it possible to further improve the convenience of a user. There is provided an information processing device including: a user characteristic identification unit configured to identify a characteristic of a user about content by relating user-sent information sent by the user for the content to the content; and a presentation information distribution unit configured to distribute presentation information to be presented to the user in relation to the content on the basis of characteristic information indicating the identified characteristic of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YASUHARU ASANO, SEIICHI TAKAMURA, MASASHI SEKINO, NORIYUKI YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9700792Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a game server carrying out actions, including: generating a selection screen that presents a plurality of reproduction data items, each for reproducing a state of a respective point in time during execution of a game and allowing a user of a game device to select one of the reproduction data items, each reproduction data item representing a respective state of the game achieved by the user while engaged in game play on the game device, the selection screen presenting a first reproduction data item, which is one of the plurality of reproduction data items, in association with a second reproduction data item, wherein the selection screen provides an indication to the user of whether the second reproduction data item reproduces a state of a point in time at which the game has progressed with reference to the state reproduced by the first reproduction data item; and transmitting the generated selection screen to the game device over a network such that the game device may displayType: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Seiichi Takamura, Kazuki Ohara, Hideaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170178491Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiichi TAKAMURA, Yasuharu Asano
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Publication number: 20170148056Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of improving cost-effectiveness of advertisements by delivering the advertisements in accordance with stages in the process to occurrence of an event.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: SHINYA HATA, NORIYUKI YAMAMOTO, SEIICHI TAKAMURA, MASASHI SEKINO
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Patent number: 9619998Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi Takamura, Yasuharu Asano
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Publication number: 20170046443Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an experience extracting unit extracting experience information including information related to a time or a place from text information input by a user, and a user extracting unit extracting a user group in which the experience information of one or more users extracted by the experience extracting unit is compared to find a commonality in the experience information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichi TAKAMURA, Kei TATENO