Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kofuji

Yoshiyuki Kofuji 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).

  • Data processing system, storage device and computer program
    Patent number: 7512641
    Abstract: A data processing device, such as a facsimile machine or a printer, sends setting information necessary for processing data to a storage device for a back-up purpose, etc., and the storage device stores the setting information of the data processing device. The storage device classifies the data processing device according to whether or not the data processing device has a data protection function for protecting data to be processed, and stores the setting information in association with a type in which the data processing device is classified. When sending the setting information to a data processing device, the storage device sends the setting information corresponding to the type in which the data processing device as a recipient is classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kofuji, Masahiro Sakiyama, Masaki Higashiura
  • Data processing system, storage device and computer program
    Publication number: 20050192928
    Abstract: A data processing device, such as a facsimile machine or a printer, sends setting information necessary for processing data to a storage device for a back-up purpose, etc., and the storage device stores the setting information of the data processing device. The storage device classifies the data processing device according to whether or not the data processing device has a data protection function for protecting data to be processed, and stores the setting information in association with a type in which the data processing device is classified. When sending the setting information to a data processing device, the storage device sends the setting information corresponding to the type in which the data processing device as a recipient is classified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kofuji, Masahiro Sakiyama, Masaki Higashiura