Patents by Inventor Yoko Kikuta

Yoko Kikuta 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: 7835756
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7454196
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7340245
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20070190989
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Yoko KIKUTA, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20070190988
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7257394
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20060040652
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions. A mobile communications system of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for obtaining information regarding resources of a given object, an information memory for storing the obtained information on resources of a given object, and an information provision unit for searching the information memory in response to a request for provision of the information on resources of a given object transmitted from a mobile communications terminal, and providing the information on resources of a given object found in the search to the mobile communications terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6915136
    Abstract: Any one of a plurality of terminals sharing the same number determines whether or not to switch a transfer to any of the other terminals sharing the same number. If it determines that the transfer is to be switched, it authenticates one terminal among the other terminals sharing the same number, and then outputs a transfer switching request according to the authenticated terminal to a communication control station. The communication control station performs a transfer switching process concerning the authenticated terminal based on the transfer switching request outputted from the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Masami Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20040054801
    Abstract: The suspended service recovery system is configured with a suspend-state analyzing module 14 to analyze a suspend-state and to extract required data to recover the suspend-state if a service being provided via a communication network 4 is suspended, a suspend-state representation module 12 to convert a result of the analysis to state-description data D2 according to a prescribed format, a storing device 3 to store the state-description data D2, a memory device 21 to memorize a recovery table which correlates each item of the state-description data D2 with a data type that can be processed on a client terminal 2, a state-description transforming module 24 to transform the state-description data D2 retrieved from the storing device 3 based on the recovery table, and a recovery-state generating module 25 to recover the suspended service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Norihiro Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Kasai, Yoko Kikuta, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20030157933
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information distribution apparatus capable of performing efficient information distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo Watanabe, Yoko Kikuta, Masami Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20030013435
    Abstract: A mobile communications system of the present invention obtains in advance information on communications environments in a mobile communications system and provides users with the information on communications environments. The mobile communications system also predicts the movement of users and provides seamless services based on the predictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Yokoyama, Kenichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20020077129
    Abstract: Any one of a plurality of terminals sharing the same number determines whether or not to switch a transfer to any of the other terminals sharing the same number. If it determines that the transfer is to be switched, it authenticates one terminal among the other terminals sharing the same number, and then outputs a transfer switching request according to the authenticated terminal to a communication control station. The communication control station performs a transfer switching process concerning the authenticated terminal based on the transfer switching request outputted from the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Yoko Kikuta, Masami Yabusaki