Patents by Inventor Shinichi Masaki

Shinichi Masaki 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).

  • Charging system
    Patent number: 7620557
    Abstract: A charging system has: a plurality of client apparatuses connected to a network; a server apparatus which provides a service to the client apparatuses via the network; a charging apparatus connected to the network in order to make a charge regarding the provision of the service; a plurality of first processing apparatuses which are provided for the network in order to control the provision of the service from the server apparatus to the client apparatuses and accumulate charge information by the charging apparatus with respect to the service when the service is provided to the client apparatuses via the first processing apparatuses; and a second processing apparatus which has a cyclic unit which circulates among the first processing apparatuses via the network, collects the charge information accumulated in the first processing apparatuses by the circulation of the cyclic unit, and provides the collected charge information to the charging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamatsu, Shinichi Masaki
  • Charging system
    Publication number: 20020120463
    Abstract: A charging system has: a plurality of client apparatuses connected to a network; a server apparatus which provides a service to the client apparatuses via the network; a charging apparatus connected to the network in order to make a charge regarding the provision of the service; a plurality of first processing apparatuses which are provided for the network in order to control the provision of the service from the server apparatus to the client apparatuses and accumulate charge information by the charging apparatus with respect to the service when the service is provided to the client apparatuses via the first processing apparatuses; and a second processing apparatus which has a cyclic unit which circulates among the first processing apparatuses via the network, collects the charge information accumulated in the first processing apparatuses by the circulation of the cyclic unit, and provides the collected charge information to the charging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamatsu, Shinichi Masaki