公开(公告)号：US20210044443A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16966867

申请日：2019-02-08

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Harm Cronie ,  Julian Nolan ,  Makoto Koike

IPC: H04L9/32

Abstract: There is provided a method including determining if two separated distributed ledgers share a common history.

公开(公告)号：US11301841B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US14933255

申请日：2015-11-05

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas Woonyoung Ko ,  Makoto Koike ,  Pramod Chintalapoodi

IPC: G06Q20/00 ,  G06Q20/36 ,  G06Q20/38 ,  G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/40

Abstract: Various aspects of a method and system for authentication of a virtual currency instrument for a monetary transaction are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes activation of a software module different from a payment application at an electronic device. An authentication of secure information, which is read through the payment application by the software module, is performed at the electronic device. Output of an authentication result occurs at the electronic device based on the authentication from the software module for the monetary transaction.

公开(公告)号：US11163611B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16480109

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION ,  SONY EUROPE B.V.

Inventor： Harm Cronie ,  Julian Nolan ,  Makoto Koike

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/06 ,  H04L12/911 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a virtual device has a circuitry. The circuitry searches for resource devices providing characteristics of a set of characteristics of the virtual device in a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger includes information about multiple resource devices. The circuitry provides the virtual device by selecting resource devices providing characteristics of the set of characteristics of the virtual device.

公开(公告)号：US10719865B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US14933219

申请日：2015-11-05

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas Woonyoung Ko ,  Makoto Koike ,  Pramod Chintalapoodi

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: Various aspects of a method and system to provide a recommendation for selection of a merchant store are disclosed herein. The method includes reception, by a server, of a recommendation request for selection of one or more merchant stores from a plurality of merchant stores. The recommendation request is associated with a beneficiary. The method further includes determination, at the server, of a score associated with each of the plurality of merchant stores based on a plurality of weighted parameters associated with the beneficiary. The method further includes generation of a recommendation, at the server, for the selection of the one or more merchant stores based on the determined score associated with each of the plurality of merchant stores.

公开(公告)号：US12020180B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US16629343

申请日：2018-07-30

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Itaru Shimizu ,  Makoto Koike

IPC: G06Q10/02 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/16 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06V40/16

CPC classification number: G06Q10/02 ,  A61B5/165 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  A61B5/6803 ,  A61B2503/12 ,  G06V40/174

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a reaction information use unit configured to use reaction information indicating a reaction of a user to presented information in a case where use of the reaction information has been permitted.