Patents by Inventor Toshihisa Furuhata

Toshihisa Furuhata 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).

  • Member information registration method and system, and member verification method and system
    Patent number: 6789078
    Abstract: Users desiring to register as users access web server for personal computers using terminal device, and run a member registration process by registering a member ID and password. When a user that has registered as a member wants to use the membership system service-providing site with a mobile telephone, the user accesses web server for mobile telephones. When an already-registered member ID and password are inputted to web server for mobile telephones, web server for mobile telephones extracts identification information specific to the mobile telephone and records it linked to the already-registered member ID and password. This process enables member information to be centrally managed on a membership system service-providing site that can be accessed from a terminal device and a mobile-telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Saitou, Toshihisa Furuhata, Shigeru Gounohara
  • Member information registration method and system, and member verification method and system
    Publication number: 20020087543
    Abstract: Users desiring to register as users access web server for personal computers 11 using terminal device 20, and run a member registration process by registering a member ID and password. When a user that has registered as a member wants to use the membership system service-providing site with a mobile telephone 21, the user accesses web server for mobile telephones 12. When an already-registered member ID and password are inputted to web server for mobile telephones 12, web server for mobile telephones 12 extracts identification information specific to the mobile telephone 12 and records it linked to the already-registered member ID and password. This process enables member information to be centrally managed on a membership system service-providing site that can be accessed from a terminal device and a mobile-telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Akira Saitou, Toshihisa Furuhata, Shigeru Gounohara