Patents by Inventor Yoshihide Nanbu

Yoshihide Nanbu 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).

  • Purchase request apparatus and system
    Patent number: 6763335
    Abstract: In an existing or new client/server system environment in which a plurality of clients are connected on a network, a function of specifying (selecting) a desired article by a requester, a function of requesting an approver to approve purchase of the specified article, and a function of determining approval or rejection for purchase of the approval-requested article by the approver are realized. A user logs in to this system as a requester or approver from a predetermined Web page displayed on the client in accordance with the user (employee) ID. A user who has logged in as an approver can also use the article specifying function and approval request function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihide Nanbu, Hideo Haga, Masanori Konno, Yoshinori Kato, Masayuki Sofue, Masahiro Yamamoto, Masaya Watanuki, Satoshi Takenaka
  • Information providing system for providing information about suppliers
    Publication number: 20010037341
    Abstract: To provide an information providing system which can easily and quickly provide information about suppliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kimoto, Sadao Ito, Yoshihide Nanbu, Takanori Yokoi, Naka Ito, Ikuo Fuchi, Kazuyuki Tandai, Hitoshi Tomita, Atsushi Takasawa, Mitsuo Suita, Hirofumi Sato, Shogo Mihara, Atsushi Matsunawa, Nobu Matsui, Tsugunao Kobayashi
  • Information providing system for providing information about procurement
    Publication number: 20010029473
    Abstract: To provide an information providing system which can easily and quickly provide various information about procurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Sadahiko Yamaoka, Shunkichi Kaneko, Osamu Ueda, Sadao Ito, Hiroaki Wakamatsu, Atsushi Okada, Junichi Motoyoshi, Yoshihide Nanbu, Takanori Yokoi, Naka Ito, Mitsuo Suita, Atsushi Matsunawa