Patents by Inventor Takao Shindou

Takao Shindou 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).

  • Terminal apparatus, server apparatus, and instruction apparatus
    Patent number: 8103717
    Abstract: An access from a server apparatus to a terminal apparatus is made safely and reliably possible without changing the setting of a firewall, etc. The terminal apparatus 100 sends instruction inquiries 711, 712, to inquire of the server apparatus 200 about existence/absence of a command (an execution instruction) to be executed by the terminal apparatus 100, in a form of an HTTP request (S12). The server apparatus 200 sends reply data 721, 722 (an inquiry response) including the command, in the form of an HTTP response to the HTTP request, to the terminal apparatus 100 (S26, S29) when the command to be executed by the terminal apparatus 100 exists. The terminal apparatus 100 executes the command when the reply data 721, 722 includes the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kamasaka, Shinji Kitagami, Atsushi Murata, Takao Shindou
  • Terminal Apparatus, Server Apparatus, and Instruction apparatus
    Publication number: 20100223319
    Abstract: An access from a server apparatus to a terminal apparatus is made safely and reliably possible without changing the setting of a firewall, etc. The terminal apparatus 100 sends instruction inquiries 711, 712, to inquire of the server apparatus 200 about existence/absence of a command (an execution instruction) to be executed by the terminal apparatus 100, in a form of an HTTP request (S12). The server apparatus 200 sends reply data 721, 722 (an inquiry response) including the command, in the form of an HTTP response to the HTTP request, to the terminal apparatus 100 (S26, S29) when the command to be executed by the terminal apparatus 100 exists. The terminal apparatus 100 executes the command when the reply data 721, 722 includes the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kamasaka, Shinji Kitagami, Atsushi Murata, Takao Shindou