Patents by Inventor Yoshiko Kawahara

Yoshiko Kawahara 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing on-hold information based on preference of user
    Patent number: 8107596
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing on-hold information to a telecommunication terminal that has been placed on-hold during a telecommunication call by receiving a message designating that the telecommunication terminal is to be placed on-hold from a far-end of the telecommunication call, and transmitting an on-hold message to the user of the telecommunication terminal where the on-hold message is selected by the user and generated at a near-end of the telecommunication call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Reon Gentle, Lisa Yoshiko Kawahara, Ashis Kumar Maity, Michael John Thomas
  • Apparatus and method for providing priority voice messaging from an emergency center
    Patent number: 7933391
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for emergency message delivery from an emergency center by receiving an incoming call from the emergency center for a first telecommunication terminal that is engaged in a telecommunication call with a second telecommunication terminal; identifying the emergency center; receiving an emergency message from the emergency center; recording an audio portion of the emergency message; alerting a user of the first telecommunication terminal of the recorded audio portion of the emergency message during the telecommunication call; detecting a signal from the first telecommunication terminal indicating that the user wants to hear the recorded audio portion of the emergency message; and transmitting the recorded audio portion of the emergency message to the first telecommunication terminal during the telecommunication call upon detection of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Reon Gentle, Lisa Yoshiko Kawahara, Ashis Kumar Maity, Michael John Thomas
  • Mutant Escherichia coli capable of enhanced L-glutamic acid production
    Patent number: 5393671
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mutant and discloses a process for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation using a microorganism belonging to the genus Escherichia. The L-glutamic acid is produced and accumulated in a culture medium by culturing a mutant designated as FERM P-12379 which is derived from Escherichia coli K-12 strain and the mutant is deficient or low in .alpha.-ketoglutaric acid dehydrogenase activity, has low L-glutamic acid decomposing ability, and is capable of producing L-glutamic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Tujimoto, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Osamu Kurahashi, Yoshiko Kawahara
  • Mutant Escherichia coli capable of enhanced L-glutamic acid production by fermentation
    Patent number: 5378616
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mutant and a process for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation using a microorganism belonging to the genus Escherichia. In the present process, L-glutamic acid is produced and accumulated in a culture medium by (A) culturing an Escherichia mutant which is deficient or low in .alpha.-ketoglutaric acid dehydrogenase activity, has low L-glutamic acid decomposing ability, and is capable of producing L-glutamic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Tujimoto, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Osamu Kurahashi, Yoshiko Kawahara