Patents by Inventor Yoshio Takushima

Yoshio Takushima 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: 8676594
    Abstract: A rating server is provided with: a rating acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a user who purchased content sold in a plurality of types of sales modes, a rating for the content; a rating collection unit configured to determine, by collecting the rating given by a user on the content having the same title, the degree of the rating for the content based on a title regardless of a difference or a similarity in a sales mode of the content purchased by the user; and a rating information providing unit configured to provide, to an external apparatus, the degree of the rating for the content based on the title as a result of the rating for the content by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshio Takushima
  • Publication number: 20110302531
    Abstract: A store server provides an online site for introducing content. The store server displays, on a user terminal, a screen on a hierarchical level that is lower than that of a currently-shown screen when a predetermined entry button is operated by a user and displays, on the user terminal, a screen on a hierarchical level that is higher than that of currently-shown screen when a predetermined cancel button is operated by the user, among screens where a front-page screen displaying a plurality of categories is set to be on a higher hierarchical level, a category screen in which information of a plurality of pieces of content belonging to a same category is aggregated is set to be on a middle hierarchical level, and a detail screen of a piece of content is set to be on a lower hierarchical level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshio Takushima
  • Publication number: 20110302104
    Abstract: A rating server is provided with: a rating acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a user who purchased content sold in a plurality of types of sales modes, a rating for the content; a rating collection unit configured to determine, by collecting the rating given by a user on the content having the same title, the degree of the rating for the content based on a title regardless of a difference or a similarity in a sales mode of the content purchased by the user; and a rating information providing unit configured to provide, to an external apparatus, the degree of the rating for the content based on the title as a result of the rating for the content by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshio Takushima