Patents by Inventor Taku Seki

Taku Seki 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: 7313624
    Abstract: In an online service providing system, a user PC can receive services without paying attention to business hours and line identifier numbers of service points. Automatic distributor device exists between PC issuing a service request and a plurality of service points offering services and passes the service request of PC to pertinent service point. Access authorization level DB stores information regarding each user. Service point DB stores business time zones of respective service points. Automatic distributor device refers to access authorization level DB to determine an authorization level of the user. Moreover, automatic distributor device references service point DB to select service point currently in the business time zone and relays communication to PC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Taku Seki
  • Publication number: 20050060415
    Abstract: In an online service providing system, a user PC can receive services without paying attention to business hours and line identifier numbers of service points. Automatic distributor device exists between PC issuing a service request and a plurality of service points offering services and passes the service request of PC to pertinent service point. Access authorization level DB stores information regarding each user. Service point DB stores business time zones of respective service points. Automatic distributor device refers to access authorization level DB to determine an authorization level of the user. Moreover, automatic distributor device references service point DB to select service point currently in the business time zone and relays communication to PC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Taku Seki
  • Patent number: 6823389
    Abstract: In an online service providing system, a user PC can receive services without paying attention to business hours and line identifier numbers of service points. Automatic distributor device exists between PC issuing a service request and a plurality of service points offering services and passes the service request of PC to pertinent service point. Access authorization level DB stores information regarding each user. Service point DB stores business time zones of respective service points. Automatic distributor device refers to access authorization level DB to determine an authorization level of the user. Moreover, automatic distributor device references service point DB to select service point currently in the business time zone and relays communication to PC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Taku Seki
  • Patent number: 6628778
    Abstract: A relay method for an automatic relay system to be connected via a public network to a node used by a customer, to relay an incoming call from the node to one of a plurality of telephone answering windows. In the automatic relay system, upon reception of an incoming call from the node, a telephone answering window data base holding business hours and telephone numbers of the respective telephone answering windows is searched for an available telephone answering window at the time of reception of the incoming call. If a telephone answering window available at the time of reception of the incoming call is found, the telephone number of the telephone answering window is read from the telephone answering window data base, and a call is originated to the telephone answering window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Taku Seki
  • Patent number: 6516424
    Abstract: When communication networks are damaged or communication is restricted due to the occurrence of a disaster, etc., information required for disaster relief is rapidly and effectively obtained. The system has a plurality of server apparatus 2, a plurality of portable terminal equipment 1, and communication networks 20, 30 of different types to which both the portable terminal equipment 1 and the server apparatus 2 can be connected. The portable terminal equipment 1 accesses an available server apparatus 2 over an available communication network and obtains disaster relief information and resource information corresponding to damaged resources to thereby create or update a disaster relief plan file 5 and a resource information file 6. The server apparatus 2, in response to an inquiry from the portable terminal equipment 1, extracts the necessary information from the disaster relief information DB 3 and the resource information DB 4 and transmits the same to the portable terminal equipment 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Masaaki Ishikawa, Taku Seki
  • Publication number: 20020046369
    Abstract: When communication networks are damaged or communication is restricted due to the occurrence of a disaster, etc., information required for disaster relief is rapidly and effectively obtained. The system has a plurality of server apparatus 2, a plurality of portable terminal equipment 1, and communication networks 20, 30 of different types to which both the portable terminal equipment 1 and the server apparatus 2 can be connected. The portable terminal equipment 1 accesses an available server apparatus 2 over an available communication network and obtains disaster relief information and resource information corresponding to damaged resources to thereby create or update a disaster relief plan file 5 and a resource information file 6. The server apparatus 2, in response to an inquiry from the portable terminal equipment 1, extracts the necessary information from the disaster relief information DB 3 and the resource information DB 4 and transmits the same to the portable terminal equipment 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Masaaki Ishikawa, Taku Seki
  • Patent number: 6347384
    Abstract: When communication networks are damaged or communication is restricted due to the occurrence of a disaster, etc., information required for disaster relief is rapidly and effectively obtained. The system has a plurality of server apparatus 2, a plurality of portable terminal equipment 1, and communication networks 20, 30 of different types to which both the portable terminal equipment 1 and the server apparatus 2 can be connected. The portable terminal equipment 1 accesses an available server apparatus 2 over an available communication network and obtains disaster relief information and resource information corresponding to damaged resources to thereby create or update a disaster relief plan file 5 and a resource information file 6. The server apparatus 2, in response to an inquiry from the portable terminal equipment 1, extracts the necessary information from the disaster relief information DB 3 and the resource information DB 4 and transmits the same to the portable terminal equipment 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Satomi, Masaaki Ishikawa, Taku Seki