Patents by Inventor Tohru Wakabayashi

Tohru Wakabayashi 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).

  • Terminal apparatus and system thereof
    Patent number: 8260714
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is provided which guarantees operation of a use condition bytecode while securing a degree of freedom for a service provider generating the use condition bytecode. A terminal apparatus (300), in which a license (1200) includes a use condition determining logic code (1204) and a version number (1202), includes a license obtainment unit (304) obtaining the license (1200), a use condition verification unit (302) determining, based on the version number (1202), whether or not an operation of the use condition determining logic code (1204) has been confirmed, a use condition bytecode execution unit (303) executing the use condition determining logic code (1204) when the operation of the use condition determining logic code (1204) has been determined to have been confirmed, and a content playback unit (306) playing back content based on the use condition determining logic code (1204).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Tohru Nakahara, Akihiro Tanaka, Shinya Kemi, Koji Miura, Atsunori Sakurai, Tohru Wakabayashi, Hiroki Murakami
  • TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER AND SYSTEM THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100088750
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is provided which can guarantee operation of a use condition bytecode while securing the degree of freedom for a service provider generating the use condition bytecode. A terminal apparatus (300), in which a license (1200) includes a use condition determining logic code (1204) and a version number (1202), includes a license obtainment unit (304) which obtains the license (1200), a use condition verification unit (302) which determines, based on the version number (1202), whether or not the operation of the use condition determining logic code (1204) has been confirmed, a use condition bytecode execution unit (303) which executes the use condition determining logic code (1204) when the operation of the use condition determining logic code (1204) has been determined to have been confirmed, and a content playback unit (306) which playbacks content based on the use condition determining logic code (1204).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Tohru Nakahara, Akihiro Tanaka, Shinya Kemi, Koji Miura, Atsunori Sakurai, Tohru Wakabayashi, Hiroki Murakami