Patents by Inventor Yukiyo Kanai

Yukiyo Kanai 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).

  • Retrieval device, retrieval system, retrieval method, retrieval program, and computer-readable recording medium storing retrieval program
    Patent number: 9460165
    Abstract: An EC server (30) includes an extraction unit (33) that extracts comment data indicating a second comment (comment on a second item) containing a link to a first comment (comment on a first item) from a comment database (10), an association unit (34) that generates associated item data indicating association between the first and second items based on the comment data and stores the associated item data into an associated item database (35), a receiving unit (36) that receives a request for item information from a user terminal T, a retrieval unit (37) that refers to an item database (31) and the associated item database (35) and extracts item information (designated item information) indicated by the signal and item information (associated item information) related to that item information, and a transmitting unit (38) that transmits those item information to the user terminal T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiyo Kanai, Tomomi Takase
  • RETRIEVAL DEVICE, RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL METHOD, RETRIEVAL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RETRIEVAL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130268525
    Abstract: An EC server (30) includes an extraction unit (33) that extracts comment data indicating a second comment (comment on a second item) containing a link to a first comment (comment on a first item) from a comment database (10), an association unit (34) that generates associated item data indicating association between the first and second items based on the comment data and stores the associated item data into an associated item database (35), a receiving unit (36) that receives a request for item information from a user terminal T, a retrieval unit (37) that refers to an item database (31) and the associated item database (35) and extracts item information (designated item information) indicated by the signal and item information (associated item information) related to that item information, and a transmitting unit (38) that transmits those item information to the user terminal T.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Yukiyo Kanai, Tomomi Takase