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Masayuki Chatani
Also filed as: CHATANI MASAYUKI
59 granted patents·25 pending applications·1,378 citations·filing 1989–2017
99Inventor score
Files withCHATANI MASAYUKI20SONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US16SONY CORP13SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC12SONY COMP EMTERTAINMENT US6
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84 records- 0197US7895076B2Advertisement insertion, profiling, impression, and feedbackSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 22, 2011·147 cites·20 claims
- 0295US8417384B2Information processing system, robot apparatus, and control method thereforTOGAWA KEIJI·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 9, 2013·80 cites·6 claims
- 0395US7792902B2Managing participants in an online sessionSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 7, 2010·29 cites·27 claims
- 0494US7831666B2Managing participants in an online sessionSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 9, 2010·24 cites·21 claims
- 0593US7664709B2Method and system for securely distributing computer software productsSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 16, 2010·26 cites·10 claims
- 0692US9762631B2Managing participants in an online sessionSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 12, 2017·11 cites·18 claims
- 0791US7363384B2Selection of content in response to communication environmentSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 22, 2008·84 cites·79 claims
- 0891US7174568B2Method and system for securely distributing computer software productsSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 6, 2007·56 cites·21 claims
- 0991US6810528B1System and method for providing an on-line gaming experience through a CATV broadband networkSONY COMP EMTERTAINMENT US·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 26, 2004·232 cites·50 claims
- 1090US7171480B2Method and system for providing auxiliary content located on local storage during download/access of primary content over a networkSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 30, 2007·56 cites·23 claims
- 1189US6792292B1Portable information communication terminal, entertainment system, and storage mediumSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 14, 2004·58 cites·9 claims
- 1288US10659500B2Managing participants in an online sessionSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 19, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 1388US6924846B2Information processing apparatus, graphic processing unit, graphic processing method, storage medium, and computer programSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·35 cites·8 claims
- 1487US7076467B1Network-based method and system for transmitting digital data to a client computer and charging only for data that is used by the client computer userSONY COMP EMTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 11, 2006·40 cites·17 claims
- 1586US7216156B2Incentivizing software sharing thru incentive pointsSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2005·Granted May 8, 2007·11 cites·20 claims
- 1685US7401151B2Methods and systems for providing auxiliary content during user interactivity with digital data over a networkSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 15, 2008·10 cites·14 claims
- 1783US10297179B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted May 21, 2019·4 cites·17 claims
- 1878US7228342B2System for utilizing an incentive point system based on disc and user identificationSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 5, 2007·10 cites·22 claims
- 1978US7149804B2Method and system for providing evaluation of text-based productsSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 12, 2006·14 cites·17 claims
- 2077US9053105B2Information search method, information search server, and information search system for providing content based on current progress status of contentCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·3 cites·5 claims
- 2177US8108509B2Altering network transmitted content data based upon user specified characteristicsCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 31, 2012·20 cites·35 claims
- 2277US7539737B2Utilizing an incentive point system based on disc and user identificationSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2005·Granted May 26, 2009·3 cites·10 claims
- 2374US8600897B2System and method for transacting access to mediaCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 3, 2013·2 cites·11 claims
- 2473US6540610B2System for and method of processing data, and entertainment systemSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 1, 2003·43 cites·2 claims
- 2572US8108319B2System and method for controlling access to computer readable content using downloadable authenticationCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 31, 2012·4 cites·16 claims
- 2671US11676588B2Dialogue control system, dialogue control method, and programRAKUTEN GROUP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 13, 2023·1 cites·10 claims
- 2769US5113452AHand-written character recognition apparatus and methodSONY CORP·Filed 1989·Granted May 12, 1992·40 cites·8 claims
- 2868US11488089B2Logistics system, package delivery method, and programRAKUTEN GROUP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 1, 2022·3 cites·16 claims
- 2968US6240207B1Handwriting input display apparatus having improved speed in changing display of entered handwritingSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted May 29, 2001·65 cites·13 claims
- 3067US2017308879A9System and Method for Providing Access to Streaming Multimedia Content to Devices From ServersSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3166US8495192B2Distributed processing method, distributed processing system, server, program for the same, computer, and program for the sameMAEGAWA HIROTOSHI·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 23, 2013·4 cites·13 claims
- 3266US7010761B2Controller selectable hyperlinksSONY COMP EMTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 7, 2006·12 cites·16 claims
- 3364US9390301B2User grouping apparatus and methods based on collected wireless IDs in association with location and timeSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 12, 2016·0 cites·6 claims
- 3464US7171402B1Dynamic interactive content systemSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 30, 2007·16 cites·12 claims
- 3563US10061902B2Method, medium, and system for managing transfer of contentCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 28, 2018·0 cites·16 claims
- 3662US8655343B2Server connection method, server, and remote control systemCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 18, 2014·1 cites·7 claims
- 3761US8024420B2Content delivery apparatus and systemSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 20, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 3861US5590107AInformation processing apparatus for adding handwritten data to a magneto-optical disc databaseSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 31, 1996·14 cites·15 claims
- 3961US2008004115A1Video game method and system with content-related optionsSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4061US2010125633A1On-line conversation system, on-line conversation server, on-line conversation control method, and information storage mediumSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 4160US8564415B2User grouping apparatus and user grouping methodCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 22, 2013·0 cites·6 claims
- 4260US6567845B1System for and method of processing data, and apparatus and method of sending and receiving dataSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 20, 2003·28 cites·19 claims
- 4359US7047302B1Method and system for enabling optional customer election of auxiliary content provided on detachable local storage media during access of primary content over a network and for collecting data concerning viewed auxiliary contentSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 1999·Granted May 16, 2006·96 cites·32 claims
- 4459US2002116283A1System and method for transfer of disc ownership based on disc and user identificationFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4559US2007168359A1Method and system for proximity based voice chatSONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4658US9092513B2Information processing method, information processing system, and serverCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 28, 2015·1 cites·25 claims
- 4758US8423540B2Related information presentation system, related information presentation method, and information storage mediumCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 16, 2013·1 cites·11 claims
- 4857US8446261B2Wireless ID management apparatus, wireless ID management method, and wireless ID recorderCHATANI MASAYUKI·Filed 2007·Granted May 21, 2013·1 cites·5 claims
- 4957US6477206B1Apparatus for and method of receiving information, system for receiving information, apparatus for and method of sending information, and system for sending and receiving informationSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 5, 2002·24 cites·23 claims
- 5056US8589551B2Multiprocessor computer and network computing system processing use and provision of hardware resource via a networkNUMAOKA CHISATO·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 19, 2013·1 cites·5 claims
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