Patents by Inventor TSUTOMO KANESHIGE

TSUTOMO KANESHIGE 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).

  • System and method for installing software applications
    Patent number: 9110753
    Abstract: An example computer apparatus includes a processor coupled to a memory storing a program. The processor executes the program to perform operations including displaying an application menu screen displaying at least a selectable first menu item for an uninstalled first application and a selectable second menu item for an installed second application; periodically determining availability/unavailability of the first application for download from another computer apparatus; in response to selection of the first menu item if the most recent periodic determining has determined that the first application is unavailable for download from the server, providing announcement information about the first application; and in response to selection of the first menu item if the most recent periodic determining has determined that the first application is available for download from the server, initiating a process for downloading and installing the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Tsutomo Kaneshige, Yusuke Shibata, Takeshi Shimada
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140123131
    Abstract: An example computer apparatus includes a processor coupled to a memory storing a program. The processor executes the program to perform operations including displaying an application menu screen displaying at least a selectable first menu item for an uninstalled first application and a selectable second menu item for an installed second application; periodically determining availability/unavailability of the first application for download from another computer apparatus; in response to selection of the first menu item if the most recent periodic determining has determined that the first application is unavailable for download from the server, providing announcement information about the first application; and in response to selection of the first menu item if the most recent periodic determining has determined that the first application is available for download from the server, initiating a process for downloading and installing the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, TSUTOMO KANESHIGE, YUSUKE SHIBATA, TAKESHI SHIMADA