Patents by Inventor Yumi Kataoka

Yumi Kataoka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240100427
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20240069281
    Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide element including spot size conversion means with suppressed optical insertion loss without complicating a manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki KUGIMOTO, Yumi MURATA, Yu KATAOKA, Shingo TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11878241
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20220305382
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11383163
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20200155940
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10603590
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10272333
    Abstract: A mobile game device and a game console share an image file relating to a game; the mobile game device and the game console are connected so as to be able to transmit data with each other via a wire or wirelessly, and the game console is connected to an image-file-providing server retaining an image file via a network; the game console acquires an image file from the image-file-providing server and the mobile game device acquires an image file from the game console, by which the image file is shared between the game instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yumi Kataoka, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10133604
    Abstract: In response to a selection of a program, a board image display control section sets program related information associated with the selected program in a displayable state. An execution start managing section starts the program in response to reception of a request to start the program, the program related information associated with the program being set in the displayable state. A stop and end managing section ends an already started program when a given condition is satisfied at a time of starting the program by the execution start managing section. A setting of program related information associated with the ended program is maintained in a displayable state even after the program is ended by the stop and end managing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakagawa, Takashi Hatakeda, Akihito Nagata, Yumi Kataoka, Toru Morita, Wataru Kaneko, Kousuke Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180307762
    Abstract: Systems and methods for social-based management of content are provided. Information regarding a plurality of users may be stored. The stored information for each user may include include a library of content titles available to the user and one or more other users identified as social contacts. A library of content available to a social contact may include at least one content title in common with the library available to the user. Activity of each social contact may be tracked in relation to the respective library available to the social contact. The library of content titles available to the user may then be filtered based on the tracked activity of the social contacts. A customized display may be generated to include content titles selected from the library available to the user based on the filter results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kohichi Aoki, Sneha Singh, Katsuya Hyodo, Yumi Kataoka, You Asakura, Daniel Morales
  • Publication number: 20160256776
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Yumi KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 9373214
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20140337852
    Abstract: In response to a selection of a program, a board image display control section sets program related information associated with the selected program in a displayable state. An execution start managing section starts the program in response to reception of a request to start the program, the program related information associated with the program being set in the displayable state. A stop and end managing section ends an already started program when a given condition is satisfied at a time of starting the program by the execution start managing section. A setting of program related information associated with the ended program is maintained in a displayable state even after the program is ended by the stop and end managing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakagawa, Takashi Hatakeda, Akihito Nagata, Yumi Kataoka, Toru Morita, Wataru Kaneko, Kousuke Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100137046
    Abstract: In a game system (1), a mobile type game device (100) shares a game relating image file with a stationary type game device (200). The mobile type game device (100) and the stationary type game device (200) are connected with each other to enable them to transmit data by wire or wireless and the stationary type game device (200) is connected with an image file providing server (40) to hold an image file through a network (30). The stationary type game device (200) acquires the image file from the image file providing server (40) and the mobile type game device (100) acquires the image file from the stationary type game device (200), so that the image file is shared between the game devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yumi Kataoka, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090023496
    Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Yumi Kataoka