Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Owaki

Yoshihiko Owaki 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 processing terminal
    Patent number: 6973302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing terminal that makes it possible to readily upgrade software of information processing terminals connected by a network. When a control program stored in a display apparatus 5B is upgraded by a control program stored on a memory card 10, an upgrade program for a base station 1 and the control program for display apparatus 5A and 5C read by the display apparatus 5B are transmitted to the base station 1. The base station 1 upgrades a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the base station 1, and also transmits the control program for the display apparatus 5A and 5C to the display apparatus 5A and 5C. The display apparatus 5A and 5C each upgrade a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the display apparatus 5A and 5C, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Asai, Yoshihiko Owaki, Kazushige Tsurumi
  • Information processing terminal
    Publication number: 20030003955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing terminal that makes it possible to readily upgrade software of information processing terminals connected by a network. When a control program stored in a display apparatus 5B is upgraded by a control program stored on a memory card 10, an upgrade program for a base station 1 and the control program for display apparatus 5A and 5B read by the display apparatus 5B are transmitted to the base station 1. The base station 1 upgrades a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the base station 1, and also transmits the control program for the display apparatus 5A and 5C to the display apparatus 5A and 5C. The display apparatus 5A and 5C each upgrade a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the display apparatus 5A and 5C, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Masahiro Asai, Yoshihiko Owaki, Kazushige Tsurumi