Patents by Inventor Shinya Usami

Shinya Usami 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: 20100050068
    Abstract: An information display device accesses URLs of a plurality of bookmarks in a group at a time by only selecting the group, instead of selecting each bookmark, and displays in accordance with information on a display window stored for each bookmark. An information display device 1 includes: a storage unit 5 that stores a bookmark; a group registration unit 6 that stores the bookmarks as a group along with a display position and size of a window displaying information on each website; and a selection unit 7 that selects the bookmarks that are registered as the group. An operator only selects the group using the selection unit 7, and the information display device 1 accesses URLs of the registered bookmarks at a time and displays on the display means 4, the acquired data in accordance with the size and position of the display window stored for each bookmark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Publication number: 20040167817
    Abstract: In a wireless terminal advertisement, contents provider causes wireless communication service provider to deliver a piece of partial software of particular software, that may be game software, each time user of a portable wireless terminal accesses the advertisement, for which the contents provider is requested to do so by the advertisement sponsor. The user of the portable wireless terminal will access the advertisement repeatedly to collect pieces of partial software so that ultimately he or she may be able to execute the software as complete software comprising the pieces of partial software, and hence consequently the effect of the advertisement is enhanced. This system can enhance the possibility of causing users to access a particular site for a plurality of times without offering any bonus and improve the advertisement effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Patent number: 6745053
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal apparatus includes a display section, a memory section and a control section. The memory stores character strings for speeches. The control section reads out the character strings for a first speech as character string candidates and controls the display section to display the character string candidates. Then, the control section selects one of the character string candidates in response to a selection instruction, and edits the character string corresponding to the selected character string candidate in response to an edit instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Patent number: 6731746
    Abstract: An automatic sorting system for an electronic telephone directory to sort telephone numbers in the electronic telephone directory prepares a calling information list which indicates an expected calling frequency in each day of the week and time period on the basis of a priority numerical value of the telephone numbers according to the calling times and function setting conditions of the telephone numbers in each day of the week and time period; and automatically sorts and indicates the telephone numbers in lowering order of the expected calling frequency with reference to the calling information list for days of the week and time periods when the electronic telephone directory is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Patent number: 6721402
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and method for automatically categorizing received mail messages. According to the apparatus and method, the importance of a received mail message is determined. Depending on the determined result, a reply mail message is sent. Alternatively, user is periodically notified of the received mail message. As a result, user can easily send a reply mail message or perform a callback. A controlling portion determines whether a sender mail address added to a received mail message or character information contained in a title of the received mail message has been registered with a memory. When the sender mail address or the character information has been registered, the received mail message is considered as an important mail message. Corresponding to schedule data recorded in the memory, a reply mail message is sent or user is notified of the received mail message using an audio alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Publication number: 20020154746
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and method for automatically categorizing received mail messages. According to the apparatus and method, the importance of a received mail message is determined. Depending on the determined result, a reply mail message is sent. Alternatively, user is periodically notified of the received mail message. As a result, user can easily send a reply mail message or perform a callback. A controlling portion determines whether a sender mail address added to a received mail message or character information contained in a title of the received mail message has been registered with a memory. When the sender mail address or the character information has been registered, the received mail message is considered as an important mail message. Corresponding to schedule data recorded in the memory, a reply mail message is sent or user is notified of the received mail message using an audio alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Publication number: 20020049072
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal, which prevents an instrument such as a medical electronic instrument from malfunctioning caused by radio waves generated by the mobile communication terminal and also can operate processes not operating its communication function such as viewing transmitted/received e-mails, making e-mails, displaying obtained Web site images, and playing games, by a simple operation that makes only the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section on/off, is provided. The mobile communication terminal provides a controlling means that controls the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section, and an inputting means that informs the controlling means about an instruction inputted from a user. And the controlling means makes the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section off, when the user instructed so that the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section was made to be off by using the inputting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Usami
  • Patent number: 6118996
    Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a one-way communication system where a wide area base station forms a wide one-way communication area and a two-way communication system having a cellular service area which is formed by a plurality of cell base stations each forming a cellular two-way communication area. A mobile terminal can communicate with the one-way communication system and the two-way communication system. Further, a system controller connected to the one-way communication system and the two-way communication system controls mobile communications in the wide one-way communication area and/or the cellular service area. The system controller transfers data addressed to a mobile terminal to the mobile terminal through a selected one of the one-way communication system and the two-way communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kowaguchi, Hisashi Keirinbou, Takashi Oda, Shinya Usami
  • Patent number: 5995838
    Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus includes a wide area receiver and a cell transceiver. The wide area receiver which is operable at relatively low power receives a selective calling signal from a wide area base station that forms a wide one-way communication area. The cell transceiver operable at higher power than the wide area receiver performs two-way communication with a nearest cell base station that forms a two-way communication area. The wide area receiver is caused to operate at all times. However, when the mobile communication apparatus exists outside the wide one-way communication area, the transceiver is caused to start operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oda, Shinya Usami, Hisashi Keirinbou, Satoshi Kowaguchi