Patents by Inventor Tanikawa Kentaro

Tanikawa Kentaro 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).

  • Virtual content distribution system
    Patent number: 7526433
    Abstract: A content distribution system including a server device for selecting and distributing video scenes according to a user request, and a terminal device for receiving the video scenes from the server device. The server device stores a plurality of content files. Each content file includes a plurality of pieces of scene data together with scene additional information regarding playback of each piece of scene data. The server device selects pieces of scene data matching the user request, reads scene additional information from each content file containing the selected pieces of scene data, generates, based on the read scene additional information, selected-scene additional information, and transmits the selected pieces of scene data in association with the generated selected-scene additional information. The terminal device receives and stores the selected pieces of scene data and the selected-scene additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Coporation
    Inventors: Iwata Yoshiaki, Kajimoto Kazuo, Munetsugu Toshihiko, Nishitani Kazuhiro, Tanikawa Kentaro, Tsusaka Yuko, Tokuda Hirokazu