Patents by Inventor Shigeru Matso

Shigeru Matso 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).

  • Communication apparatus and communication system and method for calculating advertisement rates
    Publication number: 20060242022
    Abstract: A communication system to which a method for charging a user based on the fact that the user got advertisement information from a base station and dropped in at a shop associated with the advertisement information can be applied and a method for calculating an advertisement fee. A server system has a communication section transmitting and receiving data via a network, a storage section storing advertisement information, a storage section storing information relating to a base station therein, and a storage section storing information about an advertiser as customer information. The system transmits advertisement information requested by an advertiser to distribute it to a base station specified by the advertiser and calculates an advertisement fee charged to the advertiser based on a customer history received from an exclusive device installed at the shop associated with the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Hashimoto, Masahiko Saito, Shigeru Matso, Yasuyuki Kojima