Patents by Inventor Tomihiko Azuma

Tomihiko Azuma 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: 7366686
    Abstract: A product sales and delivery support system performs support of product sales and delivery via a communication network, whereby a purchaser orders product from a plurality of sellers and specifies batch delivery of all ordered product by a single delivery agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Patent number: 7225138
    Abstract: Provision of an organization definition information storing unit for storing organization definition information, a contents storing unit for storing contents provided for users, a customizing information storing unit for storing in set, as customizing information, a customizing condition set by the use of arbitrary organization definition information, and information for indicating contents to be provided as utilization environment in a case where the customizing condition is established, and a personal environment constructing means for acquiring the customizing information from the customizing information storing unit, for judging whether or not the customizing condition is established with regard to each user by utilizing the organization definition information stored in the organization definition information storing unit, and for acquiring the contents stored in set together with the customizing condition from the contents storing unit in a case where the customizing condition is established, thereby ad
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Patent number: 7127417
    Abstract: A voice signature transaction system for use in electronic commerce comprises user terminals, a server, and a data network. The server receives order data from a user, allocates an order ID to the order data, requests the user to enter, via voice, a plurality of signatures such as a name, ID, and so on, checks if the registered name and ID match the name and ID included in the voice data, and stores the voice data received from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Patent number: 7043685
    Abstract: A user authentication manager performs user authentication based on user identification information and password stored in an organization-definition-information storage section, in accordance with a log-in request from a user terminal. An organization's portal generator acquires an organization of a user, based on personal organization information stored in the organization-definition-information storage section. The organization's portal generator acquires address information of the organization of the user, from the address information of the organization content stored in the organization-definition-information storage section, and provides a user terminal with Web contents. The navigation generator generates navigation generating information regarding the hierarchical structure stored in the organization-definition-information storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Patent number: 6954761
    Abstract: Organization definition information M31 is stored in an organization definition information storage unit 31, contents M33 to be provided to a user is stored in a contents storage unit 33 and filter definition information M22 which is sent from a filter definition information generation unit 22 is stored in a filter definition information storage unit 32. A filtering execution unit 23 obtains information M10c on the contents, in which necessary information is stored, from the user, obtains filter definition information M32 on the contents, specified by the information M10c, from the filter definition information storage unit 32, obtains user's organization definition information M31, specified by filter definition information M32, from an organization definition information storage unit 31, builds a filter, and executes filtering to the contents M33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Patent number: 6938158
    Abstract: A user authentication proxy 2 provided between a user terminal 1 and a web server 4 saves therein information associated with a sequence of user authentication processes between the user terminal and a web server performed by a user. This information includes a web site URL, data received by the user terminal from the web server for user authentication, and data sent by the user terminal to the web server for user authentication. When the user specifies the URL of a web site from any user terminal, the proxy compares data on the URL received from the web server specified by the URL with received data saved in the proxy. If they match, the proxy does not send the data from the web server to the user terminal but sends user authentication operation sending data to the web server on behalf of the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020129130
    Abstract: A user authentication manager performs user authentication based on user identification information and password stored in an organization-definition-information storage section, in accordance with a log-in request from a user terminal. An organization's portal generator acquires an organization of a user, based on personal organization information stored in the organization-definition-information storage section. The organization's portal generator acquires address information of the organization of the user, from the address information of the organization content stored in the organization-definition-information storage section, and provides a user terminal with Web contents. The navigation generator generates navigation generating information regarding the hierarchical structure stored in the organization-definition-information storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020091674
    Abstract: Organization definition information M31 is stored in an organization definition information storage unit 31, contents M33 to be provided to a user is stored in a contents storage unit 33 and filter definition information M22 which is sent from a filter definition information generation unit 22 is stored in a filter definition information storage unit 32. A filtering execution unit 23 obtains information M10c on the contents, in which necessary information is stored, from the user, obtains filter definition information M32 on the contents, specified by the information M10c, from the filter definition information storage unit 32, obtains user's organization definition information M31, specified by filter definition information M32, from an organization definition information storage unit 31, builds a filter, and executes filtering to the contents M33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020082894
    Abstract: Provision of organization definition information storing unit for storing organization definition information for defining an organization, organization definition information registering means for storing the input organization definition information in the organization definition information storing unit, and information-distribution controlling means for receiving a message originated by an input originator and a condition for recipient of message designated by the use of arbitrary organization definition information, for retrieving the organization definition information storing unit by the use of the condition for recipient of message, and for acquiring, when an recipient of message who satisfies the condition for recipient is detected, address information of the recipient from the organization definition information storing unit to thereby distribute the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020072929
    Abstract: Provision of an organization definition information storing unit for storing organization definition information, a contents storing unit for storing contents provided for users, a customizing information storing unit for storing in set, as customizing information, a customizing condition set by the use of arbitrary organization definition information, and information for indicating contents to be provided as utilization environment in a case where the customizing condition is established, and a personal environment constructing means for acquiring the customizing information from the customizing information storing unit, for judging whether or not the customizing condition is established with regard to each user by utilizing the organization definition information stored in the organization definition information storing unit, and for acquiring the contents stored in set together with the customizing condition from the contents storing unit in a case where the customizing condition is established, thereby ad
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020052800
    Abstract: A system, method and control program for e-commerce wherein it is possible to conduct business among a plurality of members who use a diversity of languages in security and at a lower cost are provided. An e-commerce market member terminal sends member registration application information to an e-commerce market control terminal. Accordingly, the e-commerce market control terminal sends a language information input request to the e-commerce market member terminal. Then, the e-commerce market member terminal sends the language information to the e-commerce market control terminal. After that, the e-commerce market control terminal stores the member registration application information and the language information in pairs. Besides, the e-commerce market control terminal controls a commodity dictionary wherein one commodity is written in a diversity of languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020032861
    Abstract: A system and method are provided which are capable of assuring security of electronic mail in the Internet regardless of whether security functions are implemented on a side of a client such as a user terminal or a like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020023025
    Abstract: A product sales and delivery support system performs support of product sales and delivery via a communication network, whereby a purchaser orders product from a plurality of sellers and specifies batch delivery of all ordered product by a single delivery agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020015058
    Abstract: An authentication system for authenticating a user based on data entered by the user comprises: a user registration unit for registering a conversion rule for defining a conversion method for converting a given numeral into the other numeral as the information for authenticating a user; an authentication accepting unit for accepting an authentication request from a user terminal of a user through a communication line; a numeral creating unit for creating a numeral and notifying the created numeral to a user; a conversion unit for converting the created numeral based on the conversion rule registered for the user to be authenticated; and a judging unit for receiving conversion result of the created numeral which is obtained based on the conversion rule registered for the user, from the user to be authenticated, collating the conversion result entered by the user to be authenticated with the conversion result by the conversion unit, and determining that the user to be authenticated is a user correctly registere
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020010646
    Abstract: A voice signature transaction system for use in electronic commerce comprises user terminals, a server, and a data network. The server receives order data from a user, allocates an order ID to the order data, requests the user to enter, via voice, a plurality of signatures such as a name, ID, and so on, checks if the registered name and ID match the name and ID included in the voice data, and stores the voice data received from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020007460
    Abstract: A user authentication proxy 2 provided between a user terminal 1 and a web server 4 saves therein information associated with a sequence of user authentication processes between the user terminal and a web server performed by a user. This information includes a web site URL, data received by the user terminal from the web server for user authentication, and data sent by the user terminal to the web server for user authentication. When the user specifies the URL of a web site from any user terminal, the proxy compares data on the URL received from the web server specified by the URL with received data saved in the proxy. If they match, the proxy does not send the data from the web server to the user terminal but sends user authentication operation sending data to the web server on behalf of the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020004899
    Abstract: A system and method that can ensure the security of electronic-mail on the Internet regardless of whether security capabilities are present on the client side, in which a proxy server (4) is arranged between the Internet (5) and a mail server (2) on a LAN (1) and in which a mail server (2) that has received ordinary-text mail from the mail client (3) sends mail that is addressed to a destination outside the LAN to the proxy server (4) as unaltered ordinary text, and proxy server (4): encrypts the ordinary-text mail, attaches the signature of the mail originator, and transmits the encrypted mail with attached signature to the Internet (5), checks for falsification of encrypted mail with attached signature from the Internet, decrypts the encrypted mail and sends as ordinary-text mail to the mail server (2) if the mail has not been falsified, and denies reception of mail if the mail has been falsified to prevent entry of falsified mail into LAN (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020004822
    Abstract: An Internet connection provider carries an electronic mail translating step of translating a part or all of the contents of an electronic mail sent from a user who is a subscriber of the Internet connection provider or an electronic mail addressed to the user. Further, a translation judging step of judging, on the basis of combination information of the mail address of the user and the mail address of a communication partner of an electronic mail which is predetermined to be translated by the user, and information on the electronic mail addresses of transmission source and destination of a user-sending electronic mail or a user-addressed electronic mail, whether the user-sending electronic mail or the user-addressed electronic mail corresponds to an electronic mail which is predetermined to be translated by the user is provided before the electronic mail translating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20010039618
    Abstract: A user authentication method is provided which can provide high levels of security without a need for installing any special apparatus on a user side to provide a service to a user over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma
  • Publication number: 20010027414
    Abstract: A service providing site 10 transmits to a mobile telephone set 20 a sound advertisement data A convertible to a sound signal “a”. The mobile telephone set 20 receives the sound advertisement data A, converts the sound advertisement data A to the sound signal “a”, outputs the signal, and transmits an advertisement output acknowledgement signal B to the service providing site 10. The service providing site 10 receives the advertisement output acknowledgement signal B and starts to provide the service. Thus, by using a sound advertisement instead of an image advertisement, it is possible to assure to provide an advertisement even on the mobile telephone set 20 having a low resolution and a small display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventor: Tomihiko Azuma