Patents by Inventor Shuichi Sekiya

Shuichi Sekiya 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).

  • Patent number: 11574293
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method and an information processing system that make it possible to perform more appropriate information provision. Processing relating to settlement of a commercial transaction is performed and log information relating to the settlement is generated, and the generated log information relating to the settlement is supplied to a server, which performs processing relating to provision of the log information relating to the settlement, without the intervention of a commercial transaction processing unit that performs processing relating to the commercial transaction. Further, processing relating to settlement of a commercial transaction is performed by a given method corresponding to a settlement service selected from a plurality of settlement services that can be utilized for the settlement of the commercial transaction and log information relating to the settlement corresponding to the settlement service is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Sekiya
  • Patent number: 11494758
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication device that includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication with a connection device, and a control unit that encrypts a wireless communication channel with the connection device on the basis of a digital certificate issued by a certificate authority server. The communication unit receives payment information and a valid type of payment from the connection device via the encrypted wireless communication channel. The control unit determines a payment server on the basis of the valid type of payment and causes the communication unit to transmit a payment request based on the payment information to the payment server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sekiya, Minako Takahashi, Shintaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 11356847
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including an activation control unit configured to transmit first information that includes information read through near field communication to a server device, to acquire second information transmitted from the server device according to the first information, and to control activation of an application of the information processing device itself based on the acquired second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Naoto Tobita, Shuichi Sekiya, Tomoharu Hikita, Kenichi Motodate
  • Publication number: 20210312423
    Abstract: [Object] To further reduce the processing burden on a store side in the multi-payment. [Solution] There is provided a wireless communication device including: a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a connection device; and a control unit configured to encrypt a wireless communication channel with the connection device on the basis of a digital certificate issued by a certificate authority server. The communication unit receives payment information and a valid type of payment from the connection device via the encrypted wireless communication channel. The control unit determines a payment server on the basis of the valid type of payment and causes the communication unit to transmit a payment request based on the payment information to the payment server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: SHUICHI SEKIYA, MINAKO TAKAHASHI, SHINTARO INOUE
  • Patent number: 10977457
    Abstract: The present technology relates to information processing system and method, and information processing device and method for realizing a system capable of increasing efficiency while reducing load concentration. Each of the information processing system and method and the information processing device and method according to an aspect of the present technology belongs to one or more center servers. One or more gate controllers different from each other are allocated. Acquired is user data that relates to data about a user corresponding to identification data, and is supplied on the basis of prediction data corresponding to the identification data. Acquired is the identification data that is read from a storage device storing the identification data, and is supplied from the gate controller allocated to the corresponding system, method or device. The acquired user data that corresponds to the acquired identification data is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20200366676
    Abstract: For a system that provides services to users, it is desirable to provide a technique capable of improving the flexibility of the system while securing the validity of a value and the validity of a user accessing the value. Provided is an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit that acquires, in a case where information indicating that card authentication corresponding to a user terminal has succeeded is acquired, an activation state of a service management application on the user terminal; and an information providing unit that provides the activation state to a service providing device that provides a service to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: FeliCa Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Shuichi SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 10832020
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a server device, and a non-contact communication tag readable through NFC. The non-contact communication tag includes an identification information retaining unit that retains identification information for uniquely identifying the tag, an authentication information retaining unit that retains authentication information to be used in authentication of the non-contact communication tag, and a NFC unit that transmits the identification information and the authentication information to another device, which will transmit the received identification information and authentication information to the server device, in NFC with the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Naoto Tobita, Shuichi Sekiya, Tomoharu Hikita
  • Patent number: 10750342
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication system including a plurality of wireless communication devices that transmits a signal relating to provision of service. The service includes a plurality of stages relating to provision. A plurality of the wireless communication devices correspond to a plurality of the respective stages and transmit the signal corresponding to the stage with radio field intensity corresponding to the stage. In addition, there is provided a wireless communication device including a transmitter that transmits a signal relating to a request of service and a receiver that receives a signal relating to provision of the service from a connection device connected on the basis of a signal relating to the request. The service includes a plurality of stages relating to provision. The transmitter transmits the signal relating to the request corresponding to the stage with radio field intensity corresponding to the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sekiya, Minako Takahashi, Shintaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10733272
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including a secure storage unit and a processing unit that controls a control target on a basis of authenticated information that is stored in the secure storage unit and the authentication information is authenticated by an authentication apparatus. The processing unit controls the control target by controlling execution of an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20200220922
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including an activation control unit configured to transmit first information that includes information read through near field communication to a server device, to acquire second information transmitted from the server device according to the first information, and to control activation of an application of the information processing device itself based on the acquired second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: NAOTO TOBITA, SHUICHI SEKIYA, TOMOHARU HIKITA, KENICHI MOTODATE
  • Patent number: 10630764
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including an activation control unit configured to transmit first information that includes information read through near field communication to a server device, to acquire second information transmitted from the server device according to the first information, and to control activation of an application of the information processing device itself based on the acquired second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Naoto Tobita, Shuichi Sekiya, Tomoharu Hikita, Kenichi Motodate
  • Publication number: 20190191288
    Abstract: [Object] To implement more efficient and high convenient processing depending on the stage of service. [Solution] There is provided a wireless communication system including: a plurality of wireless communication devices configured to transmit a signal relating to provision of service. The service includes a plurality of stages relating to provision. A plurality of the wireless communication devices correspond to a plurality of the respective stages and transmit the signal corresponding to the stage with radio field intensity corresponding to the stage. In addition, there is provided a wireless communication device including: a transmitter configured to transmit a signal relating to a request of service; and a receiver configured to receive a signal relating to provision of the service from a connection device connected on the basis of a signal relating to the request. The service includes a plurality of stages relating to provision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: SHUICHI SEKIYA, MINAKO TAKAHASHI, SHINTARO INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190158577
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including an activation control unit configured to transmit first information that includes information read through near field communication to a server device, to acquire second information transmitted from the server device according to the first information, and to control activation of an application of the information processing device itself based on the acquired second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: NAOTO TOBITA, SHUICHI SEKIYA, TOMOHARU HIKITA, KENICHI MOTODATE
  • Patent number: 10225324
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including an activation control unit configured to transmit first information that includes information read through near field communication to a server device, to acquire second information transmitted from the server device according to the first information, and to control activation of an application of the information processing device itself based on the acquired second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Naoto Tobita, Shuichi Sekiya, Tomoharu Hikita, Kenichi Motodate
  • Publication number: 20190050835
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method and an information processing system that make it possible to perform more appropriate information provision. Processing relating to settlement of a commercial transaction is performed and log information relating to the settlement is generated, and the generated log information relating to the settlement is supplied to a server, which performs processing relating to provision of the log information relating to the settlement, without the intervention of a commercial transaction processing unit that performs processing relating to the commercial transaction. Further, processing relating to settlement of a commercial transaction is performed by a given method corresponding to a settlement service selected from a plurality of settlement services that can be utilized for the settlement of the commercial transaction and log information relating to the settlement corresponding to the settlement service is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: SHUICHI SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20190005211
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a secure storage unit; and a processing unit configured to control a control target on a basis of authenticated information that is stored in the secure storage unit and is authenticated by an authentication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: SHUICHI SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20180004987
    Abstract: The present technology relates to information processing system and method, and information processing device and method for realizing a system capable of increasing efficiency while reducing load concentration. Each of the information processing system and method and the information processing device and method according to an aspect of the present technology belongs to one or more center servers. One or more gate controllers different from each other are allocated. Acquired is user data that relates to data about a user corresponding to identification data, and is supplied on the basis of prediction data corresponding to the identification data. Acquired is the identification data that is read from a storage device storing the identification data, and is supplied from the gate controller allocated to the corresponding system, method or device. The acquired user data that corresponds to the acquired identification data is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: SHUICHI SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 9832230
    Abstract: An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, system, method, and program are provided. An IC chip includes an authentication control unit configured to authenticate a request using authentication information. The request and/or the authentication information is received from outside the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Felica Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Naofumi Hanaki, Shuichi Sekiya, Itsuki Kamino
  • Patent number: 9667426
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a reception unit that receives a request for access to an IC chip from an application having access right information for accessing to the IC chip, an acquisition unit that acquires an authentication information for authenticating the application from an external server based on the access right information contained the request for access received by the reception unit, an authentication unit that authenticates the application based on the authentication information obtained by the acquisition unit, and a control unit that controls an access of the application to the IC chip based on an authentication result by the authentication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Sekiya, Naofumi Hanaki, Keitarou Watanabe, Shinichi Kato, Itsuki Kamino
  • Publication number: 20160197960
    Abstract: An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, system, method, and program are provided. An IC chip includes an authentication control unit configured to authenticate a request using authentication information. The request and/or the authentication information is received from outside the IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Naofumi Hanaki, Shuichi Sekiya, Itsuki Kamino