Patents by Inventor Yoichi Tanibayashi

Yoichi Tanibayashi 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).

  • Method and apparatus for assisting positional information service
    Patent number: 7983947
    Abstract: Service support gateway 1 is connected to network 2. Service provider 3 having ASP 31 and CP 32 provides a service relating to location of locating target person 4 by using network 2. Service supporting gateway 1 provides service provider 3 with a service of obtaining location information indicating the location of locating target person and a service of sending the location information to a specified destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kaiwa, Kenichi Shima, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Mioko Chikamori, Seigo Teramachi, Aki Kariya
  • Location reporting method and related mobile communication terminal
    Patent number: 7558584
    Abstract: Menu data supplied from an IP server 500 to a mobile station 101 is embedded with a location information substitution data string “NULLAREA” together with a URL of a particular IP server 500. The mobile station 101, upon detection of the location information substitution data string from a menu data selected by the user, determines whether location information can be transmitted to the IP server 500. In the case where the determination is that the transmission is permitted, the mobile station 101 detects its location information and, after substituting the location information for the location information substitution data string, transmits the data to the IP server 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masaaki Maeda, Koichi Takahara, Masahiro Kaiwa, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Kaoru Nakajima, Junko Matsuo, Kazunori Kosuge, Katsutoshi Murata
  • Position information notifying method and device
    Patent number: 7430422
    Abstract: Location information providing unit of gateway server 40 obtains location information on cellular telephone 10, 20 and 30 each produced in different expression format from measuring center 50, converts obtained location information into expression formats which IP server 80A and IP server 80B can deal with via location information converting device 60, and notifies converted location information to IP server 80A and 80B. As a result, IP server 80A and 80B can obtain location information on each cellular telephone 10, 20, and 30 without experiencing any difficulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Nagatsuma, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Kazunori Kosuge, Katsutoshi Murata
  • Position information notifying method and device
    Publication number: 20030129994
    Abstract: Location information providing unit of gateway server 40 obtains location information on cellular telephone 10, 20 and 30 each produced in different expression format from measuring center 50, converts obtained location information into expression formats which IP server 80A and IP server 80B can deal with via location information converting device 60, and notifies converted location information to IP server 80A and 80B. As a result, IP server 80A and 80B can obtain location information on each cellular telephone 10, 20, and 30 without experiencing any difficulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Junko Nagatsuma, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Kazunori Kosuge, Katsutoshi Murata
  • Method and apparatus for assisting positional information service
    Publication number: 20020156646
    Abstract: Service support gateway 1 is connected to network 2. Service provider 3 having ASP 31 and CP 32 provides a service relating to location of locating target person 4 by using network 2. Service supporting gateway 1 provides service provider 3 with a service of obtaining location information indicating the location of locating target person and a service of sending the location information to a specified destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Kaiwa, Kenichi Shima, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Mioko Chikamori, Seigo Teramachi, Aki Kariya
  • Location reporting method and related mobile communication terminal
    Publication number: 20020138650
    Abstract: Menu data supplied from an IP server 500 to a mobile station 101 is embedded with a location information substitution data string “NULLAREA” together with a URL of a particular IP server 500. The mobile station 101, upon detection of the location information substitution data string from a menu data selected by the user, determines whether location information can be transmitted to the IP server 500. In the case where the determination is that the transmission is permitted, the mobile station 101 detects its location information and, after substituting the location information for the location information substitution data string, transmits the data to the IP server 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masaaki Maeda, Koichi Takahara, Masahiro Kaiwa, Yoichi Tanibayashi, Kaoru Nakajima, Junko Matsuo, Kazunori Kosuge, Katsutoshi Murata