Patents by Inventor Yoshiji Endo

Yoshiji Endo 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: 8638466
    Abstract: In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hirayama, Maki Kurose, Kyouko Shiromizu, Kenji Hori, Takeshi Dosaka, Osamu Mito, Karin Kon, Takeshi Teraoka, Takuya Shimomura, Yoshiji Endo
  • Patent number: 8300257
    Abstract: In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hirayama, Maki Kurose, Kyouko Shiromizu, Kenji Hori, Takeshi Dosaka, Osamu Mito, Karin Kon, Takeshi Teraoka, Takuya Shimomura, Yoshiji Endo
  • Publication number: 20120200892
    Abstract: In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru HIRAYAMA, Maki KUROSE, Kyouko SHIROMIZU, Kenji HORI, Takeshi DOSAKA, Osamu MITO, Karin KON, Takeshi TERAOKA, Takuya SHIMOMURA, Yoshiji ENDO
  • Patent number: 7974884
    Abstract: The network server stores the order information and the customer information received from the order entry channel in a database with identification information of the retailer system that has mediated the order, extracts, in response to a request from the retailer system, at least one of the order information, the customer information corresponding to the identification information of the retailer system having made the request, and information obtained based on at least one of the order information and the customer information from the database, and provides to the retailer system. The network order system includes the network server for receiving and managing at least the order information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hirayama, Maki Kurose, Kyouko Shiromizu, Kenji Hori, Takeshi Dosaka, Osamu Mito, Karin Kon, Takeshi Teraoka, Takuya Shimomura, Yoshiji Endo
  • Publication number: 20070285714
    Abstract: In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hirayama, Maki Kurose, Kyouko Shiromizu, Kenji Hori, Takeshi Dosaka, Osamu Mito, Karin Kon, Takeshi Teraoka, Takuya Shimomura, Yoshiji Endo
  • Publication number: 20070282701
    Abstract: The network server stores the order information and the customer information received from the order entry channel in a database with identification information of the retailer system that has mediated the order, extracts, in response to a request from the retailer system, at least one of the order information, the customer information corresponding to the identification information of the retailer system having made the request, and information obtained based on at least one of the order information and the customer information from the database, and provides to the retailer system. The network order system includes the network server for receiving and managing at least the order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hirayama, Maki Kurose, Kyouko Shiromizu, Kenji Hori, Takeshi Dosaka, Osamu Mito, Karin Kon, Takeshi Teraoka, Takuya Shimomura, Yoshiji Endo
  • Publication number: 20070258108
    Abstract: There are provided a network server connected to an order entry channel for receiving image data and an order and a lab system for creating a product according to the order through a communication network. The network server includes an order receiving function section which accepts the order from the order entry channel; an image management function section which manages the image data sent from the order entry channel; a lab order receiving server which stores order information and the image data in relation to each other; a counting function section which counts the image data sent from the order entry channel to the network server or the order information stored in the lab order receiving server for a predetermined period; and a processing function section which processes a counting result obtained by the counting function section with a predetermined unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Matsumoto, Wataru Hirayama, Maki Kurose, Kyouko Shiromizu, Kenji Hori, Takeshi Dosaka, Osamu Mito, Karin Kon, Takeshi Teraoka, Takuya Shimomura, Yoshiji Endo