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20100097574 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - Upon detecting a selection of an examination start button, a start and completion management unit starts an examination. The control unit switches an observation state to an infrared light observation by an observation switching unit. Next, an examiner performs alignment while observing an eye to be examined, and photographs the eye to be examined with a photographing unit. The start and completion management unit determines whether the examination is completed according to a selection of an examination complete button, and repeats the alignment until it is determined that the examination is completed. | 04-22-2010 |
20130028484 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR FUNDUS IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR FUNDUS IMAGE, AND PROGRAM MEDIUM - A image processing apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select either first color tone conversion processing or second color tone conversion processing having a ratio of red wavelength component set lower than either blue wavelength or green wavelength components with respect to the first color tone conversion processing, and a color tone conversion unit configured to convert a color of a fundus image by the selected color tone conversion processing. | 01-31-2013 |
20140132919 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus including: photographing units for photographing an eye in different modes; a photographing mode switchover unit for switching the photographing units; a photographing light intensity memory unit for storing a photographing light intensity for each photographing mode; a reference light intensity setting unit for setting a reference light intensity serving as a switchover determination reference of the photographing mode; a photographing mode switchover setting unit for setting a switchover operation for each photographing mode and an operation timing at which an operation of the photographing mode is to be executed; and a control unit for controlling such that, when the photographing light intensity is equal to or higher than the reference light intensity at a predetermined operation timing, the photographing mode switchover setting unit switches the photographing mode to a photographing mode used for the photographing light intensity less than the reference light intensity. | 05-15-2014 |
20150116663 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an analyzing unit that analyzes a tomographic image, a comparison target selecting unit that selects a statistical information in the closest age-group if an age calculated from a birth date input to a patient information input unit is outside a range of the age-groups of the statistical information, and a comparison unit that compares a result of the analysis performed by the analyzing unit with the statistical information selected by the comparison target selecting unit. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090135013 | ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An article management system is provided with an article placement position storage section which stores article identification information of a plurality of articles and article position information showing a section on which the plurality of articles is placed in association with each other, an object detection section which measures a position of an object positioned inside the section or outside the section to output object position information, and an article specification section which compares object position information detected by the object position detection section and the article position information with each other and, when the object position information is included in section where the article is placed, shown by the article position information, specifies the article identification information stored in association with the article position information. | 05-28-2009 |
20090207023 | ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS USED IN THE SAME - An article management system includes: a radio tag reading means, which carries out a communication with a radio tag affixed on an article displayed on a table section, for outputting a radio tag information including an article identification information; an object detection means for detecting an object approaching the table section for outputting an object location information; an article identification information acquiring means for acquiring an article identification information of the article based on the radio tag information outputted from the radio tag reading means; and an article location specifying means, which relates the object location information with the article identification information, for outputting it as location information of the article. The location information is displayed on a display. | 08-20-2009 |
20100019906 | ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ARTICLE - An article management system includes an article location specifying means which outputs a location information of an article by relating an object location information with an article identification information. Radio tag information including the article identification information is output from a radio tag reading means which executes through a leaky transmission path a communication with a radio tag affixed on the article on a table section and the object location information is output from an object detection means when detecting the object approaching the table section. | 01-28-2010 |
20120092422 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes: a nozzle plate including plural nozzles; a piezoelectric element including plural pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and sidewalls provided adjacent to the pressure chambers and serving as driving elements configured to press the pressure chambers to eject liquid from the nozzles; a substrate to which the piezoelectric element is bonded; and a frame member placed on the substrate to surround the piezoelectric element. Grooves are formed on the upper end, and in which an adhesive is applied to bond the upper ends of the sidewalls and the nozzle plate. | 04-19-2012 |
20120229579 | INK JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INK JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes: a nozzle plate including plural nozzles; a piezoelectric element including plural pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and sidewalls provided adjacent to the pressure chambers and functioning as driving elements that press the pressure chambers to eject liquid from the nozzles; a substrate to which the piezoelectric element is bonded; a frame member placed on the substrate to surround the piezoelectric element; and electrodes for driving the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element includes slopes continuous to the upper end of the piezoelectric element and not in contact with the nozzle plate. The substrate has a surface layer formed on the surface thereof and includes recess continuous to the slopes in the surface layer. The electrodes are formed on the slopes and the recess. | 09-13-2012 |
20140232793 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes: a nozzle plate including plural nozzles; a piezoelectric element including plural pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and sidewalls provided adjacent to the pressure chambers and serving as driving elements configured to press the pressure chambers to eject liquid from the nozzles; a substrate to which the piezoelectric element is bonded; and a frame member placed on the substrate to surround the piezoelectric element. Grooves are formed on the upper end, and in which an adhesive is applied to bond the upper ends of the sidewalls and the nozzle plate. | 08-21-2014 |
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20120229577 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK-JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes a substrate, a piezoelectric member, electrically conductive portions, a frame member, an insulating film, an electronic component and a protective agent. The piezoelectric member is mounted on the substrate and includes pressure chambers. The electrically conductive portions extend from the pressure chambers and are disposed on the substrate. The frame member inside which the piezoelectric member is disposed is attached to the substrate from above the electrically conductive portions. The insulating film covers the piezoelectric member, the frame member, and a part of the electrically conductive portions. The electronic component is connected to the electrically conductive portions. The protective agent covers an end portion of the insulating film located between the frame member and the electronic component and the electrically conductive portions between the electronic component and the end portion of the insulating film. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229578 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK-JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes a main body, electrodes, electrically conductive portions, an insulating film, a frame member, a lid member, an electronic component, a protective agent. The main body includes pressure chambers. The insulating film covers the electrodes and a part of the electrically conductive portions. The frame member is attached to the main body from above the insulating film. The protective agent covers an end portion of the insulating film located between the frame member and the electronic component and the electrically conductive portions between the electronic component and the end portion of the insulating film. | 09-13-2012 |
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20090048213 | Prodrug of cinnamide compound - The present invention provides a most suitable prodrug of a cinnamide compound. The prodrug is represented by Formula (I) | 02-19-2009 |
20090048448 | SALTS OF CYNNAMIDE COMPOUND OR SOLVATES THEREOF - The invention provides crystals of dihydrochloride monohydrate of the compound of the following formula having an Aβ production inhibiting effect which crystals are characterized by exhibiting a diffraction peak at an angle of diffraction (2θ±0.2°) of 10.9° in powder X-ray diffractometry. Further, the invention also provides the compound in the form of various salts, crystal forms and amorphous forms which are suitable for the development of drugs. | 02-19-2009 |
20090203916 | Amorphous object of cinnamide compound - An amorphous object of (3E)-1-[l(s)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-3-[3-methoxy-4-(4methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzylidene]piperidine-2-one, which is represented by the formula (1) and has Aβ-production inhibitory activity. The amorphous object has such satisfactory properties that it has excellent solubility, is stable, does not readily become a crystalline form, and has low hygroscopicity. It is hence suitable for use in pharmaceutical preparations. | 08-13-2009 |
20100317860 | CRYSTALLINE CINNAMIDE COMPOUNDS OR SALTS THEREOF - Disclosed are crystals of the compound represented by Formula (1), which has A□-production-reducing effects and is a prodrug of compounds effective in treating neural degenerative diseases of which A□ is the cause, for example, diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, etc., and salts thereof or crystals of salts thereof. These are particularly useful as stock for pharmaceutical products. | 12-16-2010 |
20110275822 | SALT OF TETRAHYDROTRIAZOLOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE AND CRYSTAL THEREOF - The present invention provides a crystal of a 1.5 D-tartrate of a compound represented by the formula (1) having an A production inhibitory effect, characterized in that the crystal has a diffraction peak at a diffraction angle (20.2) of 23.2 in powder X-ray diffractometry; a crystal of a disulfate of the compound of the formula (1), characterized in that the crystal has a diffraction peak at a diffraction angle (20.2) of 17.1 in powder X-ray diffractometry; various other salts of the compound of the formula (1); crystal polymorphs of these salts; and the like, which are expected to be used as drug substances. | 11-10-2011 |
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20090161411 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device comprises a word line; a bit line crossing the word line; a memory cell connected to intersection of the word line and the bit line; and a sense circuit connected to sense node coupled to the bit line. The sense circuit includes a first transistor of the first conduction type having a gate connected to the sense node, a second transistor of the second conduction type having a source connected to a first power supply, a drain connected to the sense node, and a gate connected to the drain of the first transistor, a third transistor having a source connected to the first power supply, a drain connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a gate connected to a control signal line, and a fourth transistor having a source connected to a second power supply, a drain connected to the source of the first transistor, and a gate connected to the control signal line. The sense circuit is activated with a control signal given to the control signal line. | 06-25-2009 |
20090168499 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of cell arrays, each cell array containing a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines crossing the word lines, and memory cells connected at intersections of the word lines and bit lines, the cell arrays arranged along the bit line; a plurality of bit line gates provided between the cell arrays and each operative to establish a connection between the bit lines in adjacent cell arrays; and a controlling circuit operative to form a data transfer path via the connection between the bit lines formed through the bit line gate when the controlling circuit accesses to the memory cell. | 07-02-2009 |
20110051530 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF UPDATING DATA STORED IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - The semiconductor memory device executes, in address units, operation for inverting data stored in a memory cell designated by an internal address and writing the data in the memory cell and increments the internal address every time inversion writing operation for the memory cell is executed. | 03-03-2011 |
20120002490 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to the embodiments, a semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a row selector that multiply-selects the word lines, wherein the semiconductor storage device satisfies N | 01-05-2012 |
20130135918 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor memory device including a memory cell. The memory cell includes a first driving transistor, a first load transistor, a first read transfer transistor, a first write transfer transistor, a second driving transistor, a second load transistor, a second read transfer transistor, a second write transfer transistor, and one or more variable resistance elements. The one or more variable resistance elements has resistance that changes depending on a direction of a bias applied to both terminals. The one or more variable resistance elements are arranged in at least one of a portion between a first storage node and a first write transfer transistor and a portion between a second storage node and a second write transfer transistor. | 05-30-2013 |
20130336044 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor memory device including a memory cell. The memory cell includes a first driving transistor, a first load transistor, a first read transfer transistor, a first write transfer transistor, a second driving transistor, a second load transistor, a second read transfer transistor, a second write transfer transistor, and one or more variable resistance elements. The one or more variable resistance elements has resistance that changes depending on a direction of a bias applied to both terminals. The one or more variable resistance elements are arranged in at least one of a portion between a first storage node and a first write transfer transistor and a portion between a second storage node and a second write transfer transistor. | 12-19-2013 |
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20100157661 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a first write bit line, a second write bit line, a write word line, a first read bit line, a read word line, and a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, and arranged the plurality of memory cells in a matrix fashion, wherein the memory cells including a first inverter including a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, a second inverter including a second PMOS transistor, and a second NMOS transistor, and including an input terminal and an output terminal connected to an output terminal and an input terminal of the first inverter, respectively, a first write transfer transistor connected between a first write bit line and the output terminal of the first inverter, and including a gate connected to a write word line, a second write transfer transistor connected between a second write bit line and the output terminal of the second inverter, and including a gate connected to the write word line, a first read driver transistor including a gate connected to the input terminal of any one of the first inverter and the second inverter, and a first read transfer transistor connected to a first read bit line through the first read driver transistor, and including a gate connected to a read word line, the first read transfer transistor shared by at least two of the memory cells in the memory cell array. | 06-24-2010 |
20140104915 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a pair of local bit lines connected to the memory cell, first and second transistors, one end of the current channel of each connected to a power supply and the other end of the current channel of each connected to one of the local bit lines, third and fourth transistors, one end of the current channel of each connected to one of the local bit lines, the other end of the current channel of each connected to one of the global bit lines, fifth and sixth transistors, one end of the current channel of each connected to one of the global bit lines and the other end of the current channel of which connected to the power supply. The device further includes a control unit configured to control the transistors. | 04-17-2014 |
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20120113203 | TRANSFER TYPE INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND TRANSFER TYPE INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - The transfer type inkjet recording method has the intermediate image formation process and the transfer process defined in the specification. The transfer type inkjet recording method includes, in the intermediate image formation process, selecting an intermediate transfer body having a center line surface roughness closest to the center line surface roughness of a recording medium from a plurality of intermediate transfer bodies different from each other in the center line surface roughness, and then an intermediate image is formed on the surface of the selected intermediate transfer body. Moreover, a transfer type inkjet recording which is used for the method is provided. | 05-10-2012 |
20130127965 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING - There is provided an intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording in which formation of cracks on its surface is suppressed and that has good transferability. The intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording includes a surface layer, a buffer layer, and a compression layer, wherein the surface layer, the buffer layer, and the compression layer are formed in that order from the image-forming surface side, a compression modulus (E1) of the surface layer is 300 MPa or more and 10000 MPa or less, a compression modulus (E2) of the buffer layer is 0.5 MPa or more and 30.0 MPa or less, and E1, E2, and a compression modulus (E3) of the compression layer satisfy formula (1) below. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127966 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING - There is provided an intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording to which inks and coagulants can be satisfactorily applied and that can substantially maintain high water repellency through repetitive transfer. | 05-23-2013 |
20140313270 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING - There is provided an intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording to which inks and coagulants can be satisfactorily applied and that can substantially maintain high water repellency through repetitive transfer. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090093594 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE - To provide a rubber composition for a tire increasing the interaction between rubber fillers, low in heat buildup, and able to raise the vulcanization speed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090105394 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE - A rubber composition for a tire containing (i) 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber and (ii) 0.5 to 25 parts by weight of a heat-expandable microcapsule including a shell, and a substance capable of vaporizing or expanding under heating to thereby generate a gas and a nonpolar oil, both encapsulated in the shell, | 04-23-2009 |
20130237653 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD - A rubber composition for a tire tread contains styrene-butadiene rubber in a compounding amount of 100 parts by weight, silica in a compounding amount of 90 to 170 parts by weight, and an aromatic modified terpene resin in a compounding amount of 10 to 30 parts by weight. The styrene-butadiene rubber contains 40 to 100% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR1) and 60 to 0% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR2), the total content thereof being 100% by weight. The S-SBR1 has a styrene content of 30 to 38% by weight and a vinyl content of 60 to 80% by weight, the total content thereof being 100% by weight, a glass transition temperature of −20 to −5° C., and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,800,000. | 09-12-2013 |
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20110301280 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE - A rubber composition for a tire is blended with diene-based rubber containing 50 wt % or more of SBR, and 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of cyclic polysulfide represented by the below formula (I), 1 to 30 parts by weight of aromatic denatured terpene resin, 20 to 80 parts by weight of silica, and 40 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black relative to 100 parts by weight of the diene-based rubber. Further, a total blending amount of the silica and the carbon black is 70 to 130 parts by weight. | 12-08-2011 |
20130172443 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRES AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - A rubber composition for tires contains a diene rubber, silica, a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent and a triethoxysilane containing an alkyl group having a prescribed number of carbon atoms, wherein 50 mass % or more of the aforementioned diene rubber is a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, the aforementioned sulfur-containing silane coupling agent has a mercapto group, the content of the aforementioned silica is from 5 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the aforementioned diene rubber, the content of the aforementioned sulfur-containing silane coupling agent is from 3 to 15 mass % relative to the content of the aforementioned silica, and the content of the aforementioned alkyltriethoxysilane is from 0.1 to 20 mass % relative to the content of the aforementioned silica. | 07-04-2013 |
20140213708 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREADS - A rubber composition for tire treads is obtained by blending, per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, 5 to 150 parts by mass of silica and 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a silicone oligomer represented by the following siloxane average formula (1): (X) | 07-31-2014 |
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20130024573 | SCALABLE AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL APPLIANCE IN A CLOUD - Data representative of a set of requests for cloud computing services is obtained. The services are to be provided by a cloud having a plurality of base images. The requests specify requested subsets of the base images. Data representative of provisioning and de-provisioning costs associated with the plurality of base images is obtained. Then, k composite virtual appliances are pre-provisioned. The composite virtual appliances include virtual appliance subsets of the base images, based on cost minimization, in accordance with the data representative of the set of requests and the data representative of the provisioning and de-provisioning costs. | 01-24-2013 |
20130332609 | NETWORK COMPUTING OVER MULTIPLE RESOURCE CENTERS - A system for network computing includes a plurality of resource centers, each of the plurality of resource centers comprising one or more resource instances. The system also includes a resource manager that accesses a resource instance based on a user request, and a resource broker that facilitates communication between the resource manager and a respective resource center of the resource instance. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332611 | NETWORK COMPUTING OVER MULTIPLE RESOURCE CENTERS - A system for network computing includes a plurality of resource centers, each of the plurality of resource centers comprising one or more resource instances. The system also includes a resource manager that accesses a resource instance based on a user request, and a resource broker that facilitates communication between the resource manager and a respective resource center of the resource instance. | 12-12-2013 |
20150040108 | PARALLEL PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND BRANCH PREDICTION - Systems and methods for predicting execution paths of at least one target program of a plurality of programs that are run in parallel are described. In one method, execution flows of programs are generated by conducting a static analysis. In addition, the programs are executed to obtain debug logs from the programs. Further, communication messages transmitted between the execution flows are identified from the debug logs. A deduction that at least one conditional branch was taken in at least one given execution flow of the first execution flows by the target program is made based on the communication messages that are identified in the debug logs. Based on the deduction, at least one conditional branch that was not taken is removed from the given execution flow. In addition, modified execution flows that were modified in accordance with the removal are output to indicate predicted execution paths of the target program. | 02-05-2015 |
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20080251268 | ELECTRIC BOLT/NUT FASTENER - An abrupt fall in a current value immediately after an abrupt rise at the time when an starting switch is turned ON is detected, when the current value rises due to starting of nut fastening and then the current value abruptly falls, it is determined that an inward flange of a washer is sheared, and when the current value reaches a value corresponding to a primary fastening torque, the motor is stopped. | 10-16-2008 |
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20090087760 | Image Forming Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - An image forming device includes an image forming unit forming an image on a sheet with an image forming property, a pattern forming unit forming a pattern on an object, a detection value determining unit determining a first detection value representing the image forming property of the image forming unit through detecting the pattern formed on the object by the pattern forming unit, a storage unit storing thereon the first detection value determined by the detection value determining unit, a correction value determining unit determining a correction value for correcting the image forming property with the first detection value stored on the storage unit and a second detection value that has previously stored on the storage unit, and a control unit controlling the image forming unit to form the image with the image forming property corrected based upon the correction value determined by the correction value determining unit. | 04-02-2009 |
20090091773 | Image Forming Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - An image forming device includes a rotational body carrying a sheet thereon, the rotational body including first regions defined thereon that begin with respective different phases on the rotational body, a forming unit forming an image on one of the rotational body and the sheet carried on the rotational body, a storage unit storing thereon information regarding positional deviations of images formed within each of the first regions, a region specifying unit that determines a variation of the positional deviations of the images within each of the first regions based upon the information stored and specifies one of the first regions based upon the determined variation, and a control unit controlling the forming unit to form an intended image of which an image forming position is corrected based upon the information stored, in the first region specified on the rotational body. | 04-09-2009 |
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20100211861 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - To provide a mechanism for supporting prevention of unintentional access to contents provided by malicious content providers. A gateway server device | 08-19-2010 |
20100329183 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication terminal providing optimal communication services between content providers comprising a property management table with an appraised value registered for each of a predetermined set of communication media properties for various types of communication media, a first user specified priority ranking list and a second priority ranking list specified by an application program provider with rankings for the set of communication media properties, whereby the desired communication medium is selected by adding weightings for priority from the first and second priority ranking lists and adding the appraised value for each item from the property management table and using the highest total to specify the optimum communication medium for use when commencement of communication is specified by a predetermined application program, and establishing communication connections between opposing devices using the selected optimum communication medium. Also disclosed are a communication system, control device and program including the communication terminal's elements. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004555 | CONTENT TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SERVER DEVICE, CONTENT-PROVIDING SERVER DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A content transaction management server device includes: a memory storing decryption keys used in decryption of encrypted content data; a communication unit for information; a payment-request reception unit receiving, through the communication unit, a first storage address indicating a storage area where the decryption keys of encrypted content data in the memory are stored and user identifiers identifying users who are purchasers of the encrypted content data; a payment-procedure processing unit implementing payment-procedure processes related to purchase transactions of encrypted content data by a user identified by user identifiers in the payment request; and a decryption-key transmission unit that, after payment-procedure processing based on the payment-procedure processing unit is completed, reads out, from the memory, decryption keys stored in the storage area indicated by the first storage address included in the payment request and transmits, through the communication unit, the decryption keys to the transmission source of the payment request. | 01-06-2011 |
20110138074 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A content distribution system according to the present invention comprises a content distribution management device and a communication terminal. The content distribution management device includes a storage unit that stores one or a plurality of addresses; a receiving unit that receives content data addressed to a communication terminal; a determination unit that determines whether or not the address of the origin of the received content data is an address that is stored in the storage unit; and a sending unit that, in the case where the determination unit has determined that the address of the origin of the received content data is an address that is stored in the storage unit, sends the content data and parameters specifying the format in which content is to be displayed by the communication terminal to which the content data is addressed to a communication terminal. The communication terminal includes a receiving unit that receives parameters and content data from the content distribution management device; and a content display control unit that displays the received content data and controls the display format thereof in accordance with the received parameters. | 06-09-2011 |
20110209161 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A terminal device in which basic information and detailed information of each a plurality of application programs are stored in a different storage area for each application program, and that prohibits access to each storage area by other application programs, is caused to execute the processes of displaying a window that includes the basic information of each application program, and, if a cursor is moved to the display position of one of the pieces of basic information, reading out, from the appropriate storage areas, the detailed information of a first application program corresponding to the basic information where the cursor is positioned and the detailed information of a second application program whose basic information is displayed adjacent to the basic information of the first application program, and displaying the detailed information of the first application program. | 08-25-2011 |
20110258642 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A terminal device in which basic information and detailed information of each a plurality of application programs are stored in a different storage area for each application program, and that prohibits access to each storage area by other application programs, is caused to execute the processes of displaying a window that includes the basic information of each application program, and, if a cursor is moved to the display position of one of the pieces of basic information, launching, in an information providing mode, a first application program where the cursor is positioned and a second application program whose basic information is displayed adjacent to the first application program to acquire the detailed information of the application programs, and displaying the detailed information of the first application program. | 10-20-2011 |
20130304652 | CONTENT TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SERVER DEVICE, CONTENT-PROVIDING SERVER DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A content transaction management server device includes: a memory storing decryption keys used in decryption of encrypted content data; a communication unit for information; a payment-request reception unit receiving, through the communication unit, a first storage address indicating a storage area where the decryption keys of encrypted content data in the memory are stored and user identifiers identifying users who are purchasers of the encrypted content data; a payment-procedure processing unit implementing payment-procedure processes related to purchase transactions of encrypted content data by a user identified by user identifiers in the payment request; and a decryption-key transmission unit that, after payment-procedure processing based on the payment-procedure processing unit is completed, reads out, from the memory, decryption keys stored in the storage area indicated by the first storage address included in the payment request and transmits, through the communication unit, the decryption keys to the transmission source of the payment request. | 11-14-2013 |