Patents by Inventor Yoko Iino

Yoko Iino 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).

  • Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and program
    Patent number: 8032631
    Abstract: Terminals are connected to an IM server and a registration Web server through a network. The terminals allow an information storage device to store personal information through the registration Web server. Also, the IM server allows the information storage device to store buddy lists of the terminals, the buddy lists showing relationship among the terminals. When one of the terminals requests obtaining personal information of the user of another terminal, the IM server determines the disclosure level of the requesting terminal based on the buddy list, selects items to be provided from personal information based on the disclosure level, and transmits the selected items to the terminal which has requested the personal information. The present invention can be applied to an IM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Iino, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and program
    Publication number: 20040117228
    Abstract: Terminals are connected to an IM server and a registration Web server through a network. The terminals allow an information storage device to store personal information through the registration Web server. Also, the IM server allows the information storage device to store buddy lists of the terminals, the buddy lists showing relationship among the terminals. When one of the terminals requests obtaining personal information of the user of another terminal, the IM server determines the disclosure level of the requesting terminal based on the buddy list, selects items to be provided from personal information based on the disclosure level, and transmits the selected items to the terminal which has requested the personal information. The present invention can be applied to an IM system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Iino, Masayuki Takahashi