| NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120081878 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an image display apparatus used at a restaurant or the like, a storage portion for receiving articles such as a menu is separately provided as a dedicated part. Therefore, the number of parts increases, and an assembly operation, an installation operation, and the like cost much labor. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120036390 | REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION OF MAIN UNIT - A single main unit manages information on hardware resources and the like of all main units connected to a network in an integrated fashion. A slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table are provided between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto. The input/output control module accesses the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information. The slot management module refers to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accesses a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110262203 | PRINTER SELECTIVELY HAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR RECEIPT PRINTER AND FOR TICKET PRINTER - A printer according to the present invention selectively comprises, a cutting configuration for a receipt printer for printing a receipt and a cutting configuration for a ticket printer for printing a ticket, as a cutting configuration for cutting a printed part of the paper roll. The cutting configuration for the receipt printer includes a fixed blade mounted to the upper frame and a movable cutter unit mounted on the lower frame to oppose the fixed blade through the paper roll to be driven by a driving source to cut the paper roll. The cutting configuration for the ticket printer includes a hand cutter mounted to at least one of the upper frame and the lower frame. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20100226299 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS TERMINAL - In a wireless communication method of a wireless communication device to which a power management mode of a wireless LAN is applied and to which a parent device communicates, the method includes updating a listen interval of receiving a beacon signal from a parent device to be shorter than a current listen interval in response to a data transmission to the parent device; and periodically increasing the updated listen interval between the time span from the data transmission to a next data transmission, wherein reception of the beacon signal is carried out after switching from a doze state to an awake state. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100199335 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM-DECENTRALIZED TERMINAL ACCOMODATING SWITCHING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM-DECENTRALIZED TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a communication system-decentralized terminal control method that can prevent terminals from having the same communication system. The communication system-decentralized terminal control method includes a writing step of writing, when there is a connection request from a given terminal, user identification information of the terminal, a password corresponding to the identification information, identification information of a communication system that the terminal is equipped with, and an IP address and port number that the terminal uses for the communication system in a storage so that the user identification information, the password, the identification information of the communication system, the IP address and the port number are associated with one another; and a logoff step of logging off, when the same user identification information, password, and identification information of communication system as the above are already so written in the storage as to be associated with one another, the other terminal that has the IP address and port number that are already so written in the storage unit as to be associated with the user identification information, the password, and the identification information of communication system. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100034329 | TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCREASING A RECEPTION COUNT TWOFOLD - A telephone communications system includes a quantizing device quantizing a multifrequency signal at a sampling frequency which is twice or more as larger as a sampling frequency necessary for sampling the multifrequency signal to produce quantized data, a low-pass filter low-pass filtering the quantized data at a cutoff frequency higher than a maximum frequency of the multifrequency signal to produce low-pass filtered data, and a multifrequency signal receiver alternately performing an odd-numbered receiver processing and an even-numbered receiver processing on the low-pass filtered data. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20090287954 | SLOT INTERFACE ACCESS UNIT, METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM THEREOF, AS WELL AS REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION OF MAIN UNIT, AND REPLACING METHOD OF THE SAME - A single main unit manages information on hardware resources and the like of all main units connected to a network in an integrated fashion. A slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table are provided between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto. The input/output control module accesses the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information. The slot management module refers to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accesses a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090275336 | MOBILE STATION CAPABLE OF SWITCHING CONNECTION DESTINATION RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF SWITCHING CONNECTION DESTINATION - A quality memory unit remembers a quality table in which qualities of communication with radio base stations are arranged according to identification information of the radio base stations. A processing unit determines, based on the quality table in the quality memory unit, a selecting radio base station to select a switching radio base station to be a connection destination after switching. The processing unit sends the quality table to the selecting radio base station when switching the connection destination radio base stations. A mobile station communication unit receives identification information specifying the switching radio base station selected based on the quality table sent from the processing unit and sends a connection request to the switching radio base station specified by the identification information. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090245163 | ACCESS POINT DEVICE FOR WIRELESS LAN AND METHOD OF SECURING COMMUNICATION PATH - An access point device of a wireless LAN connecting a client device to a wired LAN: monitors a connection between the access point device and the wired LAN; transmits a portal request, to an adjacent access point device, indicating a request for serving as a proxy connection node accessing the wired LAN and implements a process as a relay node between the adjacent access point device and the client device, if the connection between the access point device and the wired LAN is not normal; and implements a process as a proxy connection node indicated by a portal request sent from the adjacent access point device, if the connection between the access point device and the wired LAN is normal where the access point device receives the portal request from the adjacent access point device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090237902 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention provides a multilayer printed wiring board including: a power supply wiring layer and a ground wiring layer provided so as to oppose each other via an insulation layer; mounted integrated circuits; and decoupling capacitors mounted in proximity to the integrated circuits and connected between the power supply wiring layer and the ground wiring layer to absorb noise from the integrated circuits. The power supply wiring layer includes through holes for connecting the decoupling capacitors to the power supply wiring layer and has a polygonal form formed by straight lines which link some of the through holes. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090218461 | BASE ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ASSEMBLING STEPS - In a base assembly including a base and a bracket mounted on the base, the base comprises at least two L-shaped hook receivers and at least one claw receiver. The bracket has at least two L-shaped hooks each having a shape corresponding to that of the hook receiver and at least one elastically deformable claw engageable with the claw receiver, When mounting the bracket on the base, positioning of the bracket is carried out by engagement of the hooks with the hook receivers. In addition, locking of the said bracket is carried out by engagement of the claw with the claw receiver. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090204505 | METHOD FOR CREATING A SALES SLIP - In response to inputting order, a sales slip processor issues a sales slip with a slip code and a table code of a table at which the order is accepted, and stores order data in a sales holding file. In order to balance or rewrite sales slips, an operator inputs a sales slip code or a table code. The processor calls order data sets with a table code corresponding to the input code from the sales holding file and numbers the sets to create and store an edit data group in an edit file. One edit data set is selected and displayed on a screen display part. A data set next to the displayed edit data set can be retrieved from the edit file through one touch operation that designates a subsequent or previous slip with an input unit and displayed on the screen to thereby facilitate the retrieval of the order data with the same table code. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090198582 | POS DEVICE - A POS device includes a rotation shaft vertically fixed, a rotary plate provided so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft, a rotating portion placed on the rotary plate and having at least a barcode scanner and a receipt printer, and a display device for clerk and a display device for customer both provided at the top end of the rotation shaft. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090158271 | INSTALLING METHOD, INSTALLER, AND INSTALLING PROGRAM - An installer generates an application list containing application program type of each application, generates, based on the application list, a configuration file containing predetermined items set for all the installed applications and predetermined item set for respective installed applications, sets a common item in a registry, sets the number of installed applications and the like as attributes of the common item, sets an item for each application immediately under the common item, sets program installation folder and the like as attributes of the item set for each application, sets the number of installed applications in the field of number of installed applications in the registry using a computer, sets a value of an IP address in the field of IP address in the registry, and installs selected applications. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090152432 | SUPPORTING DEVICE WITH GOOD USABILITY FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - For installing an apparatus body of an electronic apparatus at a standing state on a supporting surface, the supporting device includes a leg and support. The leg is rotatably provided on a back surface of the apparatus body at the standing state and is used for holding the apparatus body supported by the supporting surface. The support is rotatably provided on the back surface and engaged with the leg for defining an angle of the leg with respect to the back surface. The leg and the support are foldable in substantially parallel to the back surface without overlapping with each other. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090119218 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND LICENSE AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to solve the following problems: a problem concerning the node lock license system in which when a license is given to only one hardware device, reissuance of the license is required every time a changeover of the hardware device to be used occurs; a problem concerning the node lock license system in which when a license is given to a plurality of hardware devices, the license fee is increased; a problem concerning the floating license system in which that when a client is in an environment where it cannot connect to the license server, the client cannot use intended software; and a problem concerning the floating license system in which that when a client malfunctions in a possessing state of the license, a procedure for license acquisition needs to be taken once again. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090110186 | TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE SECURITY CONTROL METHOD, TELEPHONE SECURITY CONTROL PROGRAM AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a telephone to be installed in a house or an office and capable of effectively preventing leakage of data stored in or unauthorized use of the telephone. For this end, a security button | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090035045 | PRINTER - In a printer which prints on a roll paper transported toward a discharge port and cuts the roll paper, an exchangeable lower cover is attached to the printer. The exchangeable lower cover defines a lower edge of the discharge port. A change of height of the discharge port is allowed by exchanging the exchangeable lower cover for another one. Hereby, it is possible to change specifications between one for holding a printed slip and the other for allowing the printed slip to fall freely. In the former specification, a brush provided at a periphery of an upper edge of the discharge port is in contact with a lower cover. On the other hand, in the latter specification, the brush is in distant from another lower cover. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090035044 | PRINTER SELECTIVELY HAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR RECEIPT PRINTER AND FOR TICKET PRINTER - A printer according to the present invention selectively comprises, a cutting configuration for a receipt printer for printing a receipt and a cutting configuration for a ticket printer for printing a ticket, as a cutting configuration for cutting a printed part of the paper roll. The cutting configuration for the receipt printer includes a fixed blade mounted to the upper frame and a movable cutter unit mounted on the lower frame to oppose the fixed blade through the paper roll to be driven by a driving source to cut the paper roll. The cutting configuration for the ticket printer includes a hand cutter mounted to at least one of the upper frame and the lower frame. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090032637 | PRINTER - A printer including a lower frame on which roll paper is loaded, a cutter section mounted above the lower frame for cutting the roll paper on which printing is made, and a cover that allows a front of the lower frame to be opened and closed is provided. A slope portion for causing paper dust or a slip of paper, which falls from the cutter section, to slip down toward the front of the lower frame is provided at a portion of the lower frame below the cutter section. The cover is provided with a pocket portion for receiving the paper dust or the slip of paper slipping down on the slope, and the pocket portion is adjacent to the lowest portion of the slope portion when the cover is closed. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090032633 | MECHANISM FOR PREVENTING A WINDING SLACK OF A ROLL PAPER - A roll paper is received in a receiving area so as to have a horizontal rolling axis. In the vicinity of a lowest part of the receiving area, an inclined surface faces the receiving area. At a position being lower than the inclined surface, a rotation making member is placed to face the receiving area. In such arrangement, the inclined surface makes the roll paper be slid towards the lowest part of the receiving area when the inclined surface receives the roll paper that is out of the receiving area. In response to movement of the roll paper towards the lowest part of the receiving area, the rotation making member rotates the roll paper around the horizontal rolling axis towards a winding direction of the roll paper. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090031534 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In order to cope with a change in design between a printer having a hip down design specification (first specification) and another printer having a hip up design specification (second specification), each of a lower frame and an upper frame has a structure common to both of the specifications. The lower frame and the upper frame are coupled to each other by a hinge structure removably attached to the lower frame and the upper frame. The hinge structure is selected from a first hinge structure and a second hinge structure. By changing the hinge structure from the first hinge structure to the second hinge structure and vice versa, the height of a hinge center can easily be changed. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090016367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF NETWORKS - A communication system for communication between a plurality of networks through a NAPT (Network Address Port Translation) device has communication terminals provided in a local network and a global network, a main device for managing communication information of the communication terminals, and a table provided in the main device for storing identification information, a local address, and a global address of each communication terminal in association with each other. When a communication terminal originates a call, the table is referred to, and when the destination of the call is a communication terminal outside the network, the global address of the NAPT device of the remote network is used as the mutual destination address, whereas when the destination of the call is a communication terminal present in the same network, the local address effective only in the local network is used. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20080294828 | SLOT INTERFACE ACCESS DEVICE, SLOT INTERFACE ACCESS METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A slot interface access device including a slot management module; a slot control module; and a physical slot to management slot contrast table, the slot management module, the slot control module, and the physical slot to management slot contrast table being provided between an input and output control module and a slot interface lower than the input and output control module. The input and output control module accesses the slot interface using virtual slot identification information. The slot management module converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information while referring to the physical slot to management slot contrast table, and accesses the slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input and output control module to the slot interface. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294827 | SLOT INTERFACE ACCESS DEVICE AND SLOT INTERFACE ACCESS METHOD - A slot interface access device including a slot management module; a slot control module; and a physical slot to management slot contrast table, the slot management module, the slot control module, and the physical slot to management slot contrast table being provided between an input and output control module and a slot interface lower than the input and output control module. The input and output control module accesses the slot interface using virtual slot identification information. The slot management module converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information while referring to the physical slot to management slot contrast table, and accesses the slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information, thereby realizing a physical access of the input and output control module to the slot interface. The slot interface access device is higher in CPU capability than other devices each including the slot interface. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294451 | INTERNET CONNECTION SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An internet connection service providing method and internet connection service system for carrying out the method are provided. The method comprises presetting a service class for a user, among a plurality of service classes, where the service class is selected by the user, authenticating the user according to the preset service class when the user logs-in to a network, recognizing the preset service class for the user, and providing a service corresponding to the recognized service class. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080288686 | MAIN DEVICE REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION AND MAIN DEVICE REPLACING METHOD - A networking system architecture includes a plurality of main devices, one of the main devices acts as a master main device, and the other main devices act as slave main devices. If the master main device malfunctions, one of the slave main devices substitutes for the master main device to act as a new master main device. Priorities are set to the main devices, respectively If a current master main device malfunctions, the current master main device may be replaced by a new master main device having the highest priority among the other main devices. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080281713 | TRANSACTION SETTLEMENT METHOD, TRANSACTION SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSACTION SETTLEMENT PROGRAM AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a security protected transaction settlement method in performing transaction settlement of sales using a register terminal. The upper limit amount that each casher who operates the register terminal can settle is preset and registered in advance. When a casher makes settlements of the sales using the register terminal, a judgment is made if the casher can settle the transaction by comparing the sales amount and the upper limit amount preset for the casher. If the sales amount is higher than the preset upper limit amount, the register terminal is disabled and the casher can settle the transaction only if an authorization code is inputted by a supervisor who has authority to settle any account in excess of the upper limit. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080240402 | CTI SYSTEM AND CTI CONTROL METHOD - In a CTI system, when a wireless terminal is called in response to a transmission request from a personal computer, a key telephone main unit adds to a call signal identification information indicating that a call is based on the transmission request from the personal computer. When the call is received, the wireless terminal judges whether or not the identification information is added to the call signal (step S | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080240391 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND CONFERENCE TELEPHONE LINE SETTING METHOD - Client terminals of participants of a conference, connected to a network, and a server connected to the client terminals are used to authenticate and confirm the participants of the conference. After successful authentication, a telephone line is set among telephone sets of the participants to hold the conference. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080215886 | FUNCTION LICENSE AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND FUNCTION LICENSE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a function license authentication method and system capable of preventing the illegal creation of a license key. | 09-04-2008 |
