Patents by Inventor Takafumi Okaniwa

Takafumi Okaniwa 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: 9491697
    Abstract: The terminal according to the present application includes: a communication module for scanning to detect accessible access points and connecting to one of the accessible access points; and a connection controller for targeting an identical accessible access point, which has been consecutively detected by a predetermined number of times of scans at predetermined time intervals among the accessible access points, for connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SOFTBANK CORP.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Son, Hironobu Tamba, Masayuki Doi, Takafumi Okaniwa, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Younpyo Hong, Yasuhiro Noda
  • Patent number: 9392537
    Abstract: The terminal according to the present application has a connection unit that connects to an access point for a communication network The terminal also has a connection control unit that scans a network registered in a connection list, subtracts access points registered in a exclusion list from the detected access points to identify access points to which connection is possible, initializes the exclusion list if an access point to which connection is possible is not identified and then again identifies an access point to which connection is possible, and selects an access point to connect to, out of identified access points to which connection in possible. The terminal further has a connection ending unit that, if the start of a connection to an access point registered in a duplicate exclusion list is detected, cuts the connection with the access point, and also deletes the corresponding network from the connection list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SOFTBANK CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakagawa, Masayuki Doi, Masayoshi Hosoi, Akifumi Kamada, Yasuhiro Noda, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Takafumi Okaniwa, Younpyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20150173002
    Abstract: The terminal according to the present application has a connection unit that connects to an access point for a communication network The terminal also has a connection control unit that scans a network registered in a connection list, subtracts access points registered in a exclusion list from the detected access points to identify access points to which connection is possible, initializes the exclusion list if an access point to which connection is possible is not identified and then again identifies an access point to which connection is possible, and selects an access point to connect to, out of identified access points to which connection in possible. The terminal further has a connection ending unit that, if the start of a connection to an access point registered in a duplicate exclusion list is detected, cuts the connection with the access point, and also deletes the corresponding network from the connection list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakagawa, Masayuki Doi, Masayoshi Hosoi, Akifumi Kamada, Yasuhiro Noda, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Takafumi Okaniwa, Younpyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20150146703
    Abstract: The terminal according to the present application includes: a communication module for scanning to detect accessible access points and connecting to one of the accessible access points; and a connection controller for targeting an identical accessible access point, which has been consecutively detected by a predetermined number of times of scans at predetermined time intervals among the accessible access points, for connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SoftBank Mobile Corp.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Son, Hironobu Tamba, Masayuki Doi, Takafumi Okaniwa, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Younpyo Hong, Yasuhiro Noda
  • Patent number: 8885633
    Abstract: A portable telephone unit 10 receives management information comprising size information for contents data wanting to be downloaded, and adjusts an environment for receiving the object data, based on size information for contents data contained in the management information. To adjust the environment for receiving the object data it is possible, for example, to determine a communication system for receipt, or to secure a storage region for storing object data that has been received. After that, the portable telephone unit 10 transmits a contents data download request, and receives contents data returned in response to the download request. As a result, it is possible for the communication terminal to download the contents data in a state where the receive environment has been optimized according to the size of the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Yusuke Murai, Masayuki Doi, Akiho Shibata, Takafumi Okaniwa, Tatsuhiro Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20060179135
    Abstract: A portable telephone unit 10 receives management information comprising size information for contents data wanting to be downloaded, and adjusts an environment for receiving the object data, based on size information for contents data contained in the management information. To adjust the environment for receiving the object data it is possible, for example, to determine a communication system for receipt, or to secure a storage region for storing object data that has been received. After that, the portable telephone unit 10 transmits a contents data download request, and receives contents data returned in response to the download request. As a result, it is possible for the communication terminal to download the contents data in a state where the receive environment has been optimized according to the size of the contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Yusuke Murai, Masayuki Doi, Akiho Shibata, Takafumi Okaniwa, Tatsuhiro Aoyagi