Patents by Inventor Takashige Sudo

Takashige Sudo 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: 8239296
    Abstract: An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker by maker every given period and sends the information to each maker on-line. Each maker prepares list data of goods the maker wants to collect based on the inventory information and sends the list data to the exchange assisting system on-line. The exchange assisting system prepares delivering-out information for delivering goods out of the exchange center based on the desired goods-to-ship data and outputs the information as one needed to ship associated goods to each maker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Canon Sales Co., Inc., Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan Business Machine Makers Association
    Inventors: Yoshio Itoi, Takashige Sudo, Shigeru Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20070124221
    Abstract: An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker by maker every given period and sends the information to each maker on-line. Each maker prepares list data of goods the maker wants to collect based on the inventory information and sends the list data to the exchange assisting system on-line. The exchange assisting system prepares delivering-out information for delivering goods out of the exchange center based on the desired goods-to-ship data and outputs the information as one needed to ship associated goods to each maker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshio Itoi, Takashige Sudo, Shigeru Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20020091595
    Abstract: An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker by maker every given period and sends the information to each maker on-line. Each maker prepares list data of goods the maker wants to collect based on the inventory information and sends the list data to the exchange assisting system on-line. The exchange assisting system prepares delivering-out information for delivering goods out of the exchange center based on the desired goods-to-ship data and outputs the information as one needed to ship associated goods to each maker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshio Itoi, Takashige Sudo, Shigeru Shimomura