Patents by Inventor Shigenobu Fujiwara

Shigenobu 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).

  • Apparatus and method for managing software licenses and storage medium storing a program for managing software licenses
    Patent number: 7139737
    Abstract: An inventory information collecting unit automatically collects inventory information including inventory information regarding software installed in each of a plurality of computers within an organization. A usage-state information collecting unit updates a software license usage number which represents the number of software licenses used in each section of the organization. When the sum of the software license usage numbers of the respective sections of the organization exceeds a software license holding number which represents the number of software licenses owned by the organization, a license purchasing unit generates a purchase transaction for purchasing software licenses, the number of which is equal to the difference between the sum and the software license holding number and transfers a purchase expense to relevant sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinori Takahashi, Yoshio Ozawa, Shigenobu Fujiwara
  • Apparatus and method for managing software licenses and storage medium storing a program for managing software licenses
    Publication number: 20010013024
    Abstract: An inventory information collecting unit automatically collects inventory information including inventory information regarding software installed in each of a plurality of computers within an organization. A usage-state information collecting unit updates a software license usage number which represents the number of software licenses used in each section of the organization. When the sum of the software license usage numbers of the respective sections of the organization exceeds a software license holding number which represents the number of software licenses owned by the organization, a license purchasing unit generates a purchase transaction for purchasing software licenses, the number of which is equal to the difference between the sum and the software license holding number and transfers a purchase expense to relevant sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshinori Takahashi, Yoshio Ozawa, Shigenobu Fujiwara