Patents by Inventor Tadamichi Obinata

Tadamichi Obinata 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).

  • Management of account information in a network game service for mail exchange
    Patent number: 7814156
    Abstract: A terminal operated by a user is connected to a server group, including a management server, a mail server, and a database server, via the Internet. In the database server, current account information, including a mail address of the user for mail exchange is registered. When the user registers a new mail address in the terminal, the new mail address is notified to the mail server and the database server. The database server updates the registered account information and also updates the account information registered in the mail server. The update of the account information in the server group is notified to the terminal. When the update of the account information is notified, the terminal apparatus requests the database server to send the account information. The terminal internally registers the account information sent from the database server in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventors: Hideaki Sasaki, Shinji Hirao, Tadamichi Obinata
  • Management of account information for mail exchange
    Publication number: 20050108342
    Abstract: A terminal operated by a user is connected to a server group, including a management server, a mail server, and a database server, via the Internet. In the database server, current account information, including a mail address of the user for mail exchange is registered. When the user registers a new mail address in the terminal, the new mail address is notified to the mail server and the database server. The database server updates the registered account information and also updates the account information registered in the mail server. The update of the account information in the server group is notified to the terminal. When the update of the account information is notified, the terminal apparatus requests the database server to send the account information. The terminal internally registers the account information sent from the database server in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sasaki, Shinji Hirao, Tadamichi Obinata