Patents by Inventor Takeshi Natsuno
Takeshi Natsuno 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).
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Patent number: 10460537Abstract: A gate control system includes an authentication device and a gate control device. The authentication device specifies a card number of a credit card of a user of a gaming facility, performs a credit inquiry of the credit card using the card number, and transmits permission information indicating that the gate should be opened to the gate control device when a result of the credit inquiry indicates that using the credit card is approved. Upon receiving the permission information from the authentication device, the gate control device opens the gate.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: TECHFIRM INC.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Yuichiro Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20170221286Abstract: A gate control system includes an authentication device and a gate control device. The authentication device specifies a card number of a credit card of a user of a gaming facility, performs a credit inquiry of the credit card using the card number, and transmits permission information indicating that the gate should be opened to the gate control device when a result of the credit inquiry indicates that using the credit card is approved. Upon receiving the permission information from the authentication device, the gate control device opens the gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Yuichiro Tsutsui
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Patent number: 8611961Abstract: A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Akiko Irie, Takayuki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Miyakawa, Yasushi Tachibana, Takayuki Orii, Takeshi Natsuno, Tomohiro Ando
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Patent number: 8428656Abstract: A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Akiko Irie, Takayuki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Miyakawa, Yasushi Tachibana, Takayuki Orii, Takeshi Natsuno, Tomohiro Ando
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Publication number: 20120276950Abstract: A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Akiko Irie, Takayuki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Miyakawa, Yasushi Tachibana, Takayuki Orii, Takeshi Natsuno, Tomohiro Ando
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Patent number: 8166291Abstract: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Washio, Hiroshi Kawabata
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Patent number: 8140846Abstract: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Washio, Hiroshi Kawabata
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Patent number: 8112115Abstract: A mobile base station device and billing method, which can provide an incentive for use at a specific position, while securing convenience for users, are provided. In a mobile base station device 10, upon installation by an owner, registered user terminal-specific information transmitted from a network N, and installation position information specifying the installation position, are stored. When there is transmission from a portable terminal 30, judgment is made as to whether the user of the portable terminal 30 is a registered user and as to whether transmission is from within a prescribed area; only when these conditions are satisfied, a communication connection is established at a flat rate. By this means, in the mobile base station device 10, an incentive can be provided to users for use in a specific position. Further, billing adjustments are made for use at other than the specific position, but communication service is not completely forbidden, and user convenience is secured.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada
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Patent number: 8108312Abstract: A duplication/delivery center DDS records contents C11 and C12 on a recording medium M in accordance with requests from content providing apparatuses CP11 and CP12, duplicates the recording medium M, and delivers the recording medium M to users. When doing so, parts of the contents are encrypted. The content providing apparatuses CP11 and CP12 request a content control apparatus CC1 to control the contents on the recording media M. At the side of contents users, when a user sets a recording medium M in a video game console GM and tries to use a content that has been encrypted, the video game console GM requests, via a mobile packet communication network MPN, the content control apparatus CC1 to transmit a decryption key. The content control apparatus CC1 decides whether or not to transmit the decryption key based on the content of the request received from the content providing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc,Inventor: Takeshi Natsuno
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Patent number: 8107925Abstract: This invention provides a mobile base station device which allows tamper resistance to be adequately secured even when the housing is opened illicitly. In a mobile base station device 1, when a housing 2 is opened illicitly, a user ID or similar is transmitted to a service management server 20, and the user attempting an illicit operation is identified. By registering the identified user on a blacklist, subsequent use of the mobile base station device 1 by this user can be prohibited. Also, in the mobile base station device 1, together with transmission of the user ID, a communication control program 7 is deleted from a communication control module 6, so that the interior of the housing 2 is rendered a “black box”, and modification and illicit use of the communication control program can be deterred. As a result, even when the housing 2 of the mobile base station device 1 is opened illicitly, tamper resistance can be adequately secured.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada
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Patent number: 8010095Abstract: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Washio, Hiroshi Kawabata
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Publication number: 20110098089Abstract: A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Akiko Irie, Takayuki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Miyakawa, Yasushi Tachibana, Takayuki Orii, Takeshi Natsuno, Tomohiro Ando
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Patent number: 7742756Abstract: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Washio, Hiroshi Kawabata
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Patent number: 7706786Abstract: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Washio, Hiroshi Kawabata
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Publication number: 20090327825Abstract: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Washio, Hiroshi Kawabata
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Patent number: 7604163Abstract: A mobile communication terminal (the mobile station 100), served in a mobile communication network for performing wireless communications, comprises a transmitter-receiver 110, a controller 120, a user interface 130, a data input/output terminal 140, a magnetic writer 150, and a magnetic stripe 160. Control programs stored in a program ROM 122 include a program for controlling the magnetic writer such as writes or deletes various information into/from the magnetic stripe 160. In a credit card ROM 123 are stored information on the attributes of a credit card contract concluded in advance between a user and a credit card company. The magnetic writer 150 writes credit card contract information provided from the controller 120 to the magnetic stripe 160 or deletes the credit card contract information from the magnetic stripe 160.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventor: Takeshi Natsuno
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Publication number: 20090209294Abstract: This invention provides a mobile base station device which can simplify the setting of internal functions, as well as a portable terminal used in operation of such a mobile base station device. In a mobile base station device 1 and a portable terminal 2, when the portable terminal 2 is physically connected to the mobile base station device 1 by means of a dedicated USB cable 6, one screen information item conforming to the type and browser of the portable terminal 2 is transmitted to the portable terminal 2, and a configuration settings screen for the mobile base station device 1 is displayed in the browser of the portable terminal 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada
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Publication number: 20090177593Abstract: A mobile base station device and billing method, which can provide an incentive for use at a specific position, while securing convenience for users, are provided. In a mobile base station device 10, upon installation by an owner, registered user terminal-specific information transmitted from a network N, and installation position information specifying the installation position, are stored. When there is transmission from a portable terminal 30, judgment is made as to whether the user of the portable terminal 30 is a registered user and as to whether transmission is from within a prescribed area; only when these conditions are satisfied, a communication connection is established at a flat rate. By this means, in the mobile base station device 10, an incentive can be provided to users for use in a specific position. Further, billing adjustments are made for use at other than the specific position, but communication service is not completely forbidden, and user convenience is secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada
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Publication number: 20090131019Abstract: This invention provides a mobile base station device which allows tamper resistance to be adequately secured even when the housing is opened illicitly. In a mobile base station device 1, when a housing 2 is opened illicitly, a user ID or similar is transmitted to a service management server 20, and the user attempting an illicit operation is identified. By registering the identified user on a blacklist, subsequent use of the mobile base station device 1 by this user can be prohibited. Also, in the mobile base station device 1, together with transmission of the user ID, a communication control program 7 is deleted from a communication control module 6, so that the interior of the housing 2 is rendered a “black box”, and modification and illicit use of the communication control program can be deterred. As a result, even when the housing 2 of the mobile base station device 1 is opened illicitly, tamper resistance can be adequately secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: NTT DoCoMo , Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Izua Kano, Kazuhiro Yamada
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Patent number: 7447772Abstract: An authentication processing system includes a communication network, a plurality of terminal apparatuses, and an authentication undertaking apparatus. The authentication undertaking apparatus authenticates the user of each terminal apparatus through utilization of data which include at least either data fixedly assigned to the terminal apparatus or data peculiar to the user, specifies a site which the user wishes to utilize, and undertakes authentication processing with reference to a database which stores authentication data which become necessary when the authenticated user utilizes the desired site.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Natsuno, Ryuji Kuwana