Patents by Inventor Takahiro HIROKAWA

Takahiro HIROKAWA 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).

  • At least one information processing apparatus, information processing system, and permission granting method
    Patent number: 11916914
    Abstract: At least one information processing apparatus for providing a service to a user having a permission to use the service is provided. The at least one information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to allow a management permission to be granted to a given user. The management permission enables assignment of the permission to use the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Hirokawa
  • Service system and information registration method
    Patent number: 11451557
    Abstract: A service system includes a server that provides a service as a cloud service, and a device that receives the service, wherein a terminal device that is operated by a contract administrator sends identification information of the contract administrator and information related to a contract of the service, to the server, and wherein the server includes a user information storage unit that specifies a role associated with the identification information of the contract administrator, a communication unit that receives the identification information of the contract administrator and the information related to the contract, and an information registration unit that registers the identification information of the contract administrator, contract identification information generated based on the contract, and an operation privilege related to the contract based on the role specified in the user information storage unit, in association with each other, in a contract operation privilege information storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Hirokawa
  • AT LEAST ONE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PERMISSION GRANTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210144146
    Abstract: At least one information processing apparatus for providing a service to a user having a permission to use the service is provided. The at least one information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to allow a management permission to be granted to a given user. The management permission enables assignment of the permission to use the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro HIROKAWA
  • SERVICE SYSTEM AND INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200412738
    Abstract: A service system includes a server that provides a service as a cloud service, and a device that receives the service, wherein a terminal device that is operated by a contract administrator sends identification information of the contract administrator and information related to a contract of the service, to the server, and wherein the server includes a user information storage unit that specifies a role associated with the identification information of the contract administrator, a communication unit that receives the identification information of the contract administrator and the information related to the contract, and an information registration unit that registers the identification information of the contract administrator, contract identification information generated based on the contract, and an operation privilege related to the contract based on the role specified in the user information storage unit, in association with each other, in a contract operation privilege information storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro HIROKAWA