Patents by Inventor Souichi Okada

Souichi Okada 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).

  • Conference support system with user operation rights and control within the conference
    Patent number: 6266691
    Abstract: An electronic conference support system having a structure in which one main common information processing apparatus having a common display unit having a size sufficiently large for attendants to commonly look and some personal information processing apparatuses for permitting each attendant to exclusively create, display and edit information adjacent to each attendant are connected to one another to form a network communication structure through a data communication passage. When a certain attendant acquires an operation right, an information input space is displayed on the personal display unit of the attendant while permitting the attendant to input information. Information inputted to the information input space is, after completed and as an information object, displayed on the common display unit of the common information processing apparatus and the personal display units of all of the personal information processing apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Watanabe, Souichi Okada, Toshihiro Azami, Jun Kakuta, Tsuneo Katsuyama