Patents by Inventor Takeshi Mouri

Takeshi Mouri 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: 7840640
    Abstract: A server group includes a mail server and multiple game servers that provide different games. The mail server includes a character information table where a character name used in each game is registered and associated with a user and a game name and a mailbox prepared for each user. When receiving a request for using an extended mail address from a terminal apparatus, the mail server generates an extended mail address including the character name as a mail account and the game name as a domain, referring to the character information table. When receiving the mail using the extended mail address as a destination address, the mail server stores the mail to a mailbox of the user corresponding to the extended mail address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kashitani, Hideaki Sasaki, Takeshi Mouri, Kazuaki Takemura
  • Publication number: 20060069731
    Abstract: A standard mail address is assigned to each user who uses mail exchange service provided by a mail server. Each user can also have an extended mail address including a character name used in a network game provided by a game server. The extended mail address can be changed/deleted by user selection. When generating a return mail, a sender address of an original mail which is received from the mail server, is set to a destination address of the return mail. A destination address of the original mail is set to a sender address of the return mail when the destination address is currently available. When the destination address of the original mail is currently unavailable, the standard mail address is set to the sender address of the return mail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
    Inventors: Shinji Hirao, Aya Suzuki, Takeshi Mouri
  • Publication number: 20050108352
    Abstract: A server group includes a mail server and multiple game servers that provide different games. The mail server includes a character information table where a character name used in each game is registered and associated with a user and a game name and a mailbox prepared for each user. When receiving a request for using an extended mail address from a terminal apparatus, the mail server generates an extended mail address including the character name as a mail account and the game name as a domain, referring to the character information table. When receiving the mail using the extended mail address as a destination address, the mail server stores the mail to a mailbox of the user corresponding to the extended mail address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kashitani, Hideaki Sasaki, Takeshi Mouri, Kazuaki Takemura