Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Tahara

Tadayuki Tahara 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).

  • Game machine having a communication terminal for playing games over a network service system
    Patent number: 5984783
    Abstract: A network service system capable of providing economical services comprises a plurality of host computers connected to a network for providing services through the network and an information processing terminal connected to the network. The information processing terminal identifies a service identifier, provided in a storage medium for network service, for identifying a type of a network service when the storage medium is attached, connects the line to the host computer which corresponds to the identified service identifier and receives the network service from the line-connected host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Misao Kikuchi, Kunimasa Imasono, Yasushi Kitagawa, Kenji Noma, Tadayuki Tahara, Yoshinori Saito, Hisayoshi Hayasaka, Kiyotaka Yago, Kenji Kawasaki
  • Network game system having communication characters for conversation changing into action characters for action gaming
    Patent number: 5827120
    Abstract: After an opponent is determined by a search made in a communication character service, there may be effected transition to an action game service under control of the host computer, or a fight may be performed between terminal apparatuses that directly communicate with each other with temporary disconnection to the host computer. By preparing morphing intermediate moving images, the transition from communication character service to the action game service can be effected without causing an incongruous feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Misao Kikuchi, Yasushi Kitagawa, Shuji Oba, Tadayuki Tahara, Makoto Urano, Masura Watanabe, Makiko Furuno, Hisayoshi Hayasaka, Kiyotaka Yago, Yoshinori Saito
  • Network service system and communication unit for game machine and game machine capable of using said network service system
    Patent number: 5668950
    Abstract: A network service system capable of providing economical services comprises a plurality of host computers connected to a network for providing services through the network and an information processing terminal connected to the network. The information processing terminal identifies a service identifier, provided in a storage medium for network service, for identifying a type of a network service when the storage medium is attached, connects the line to the host computer which corresponds to the identified service identifier and receives the network service from the line-connected host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Misao Kikuchi, Kunimasa Imasono, Yasushi Kitagawa, Kenji Noma, Tadayuki Tahara, Yoshinori Saito, Hisayoshi Hayasaka, Kiyotaka Yago, Kenji Kawasaki
  • Network service system and communication unit for game machine and game machine capable of using said network service system
    Patent number: 5664778
    Abstract: A network service system capable of providing economical services comprises a plurality of host computers connected to a network for providing services through the network and an information processing terminal connected to the network. The information processing terminal identifies a service identifier, provided in a storage medium for network service, for identifying a type of a network service when the storage medium is attached, connects the line to the host computer which corresponds to the identified service identifier and receives the network service from the line-connected host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Misao Kikuchi, Kunimasa Imasono, Yasushi Kitagawa, Kenji Noma, Tadayuki Tahara, Yoshinori Saito, Hisayoshi Hayasaka, Kiyotaka Yago, Kenji Kawasaki
  • Communication protocol system
    Patent number: 5425025
    Abstract: A communication protocol used in a communication utilizing a window system, wherein a transmitting window number, a receiving window number, a transmitting sequence number and a receiving sequence number are provided as items in a message. The transmitting side and receiving side respectively count up the number of times of transmission and reception of messages transmitted and received and also give or provide the counted value to or in a message as the transmitting window number or receiving window number. In addition, transmitting window number is counted up when a number of messages transmitted or received has exceeded the window width, and thereby a number of times of transmission and reception of messages is controlled in units of the window number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tadayuki Tahara