PATENTS / TRADEMARK

Patent / Trademark

About Showcase’s Patents and License Agreements

Our company has acquired various patents inside and outside Japan from our unique know-hows, including our internet website optimization technology. We have acquired these patents for the purpose of preserving our original intellectual properties, as well as widely spreading our technologies through licensing, etc.

Precautions for Use of Similar Services

When you or your agencies use services similar to ours, including EFO (entry form optimization) and smartphone conversion services, please make sure that they do not conflict with any patent laws. Please contact our sales staff to verify whether the service you intend to use has a valid license agreement.
The patents owned by our company are as follows;

  • Patent regarding an authentication processing technology that enables logins without entering IDs and passwords

    Patent No. 6080282

    Name of the Invention Authentication Processing System, Authentication Assistance Server, and Web Display Program
    Patent Application Date August 23, 2016
    Patent Acquisition Date January 27, 2017

    Patented technology with which users can have secured logins on various websites using their smartphones, without entering their IDs and passwords, through authentication from SNS applications they have already been using, such as LINE.

  • Patent regarding encryption of personal information using mobile terminals

    Patent No. 5969716

    Name of the Invention Data Management System, Data Management Program, Communication Terminal and Data Management Server
    Patent Application Date January 13, 2016
    Patent Acquisition Date July 15, 2016

    Technology to perform data encryption so that people can read data only when their terminals are registered to “Data Management System, Data Management Program, Communication Terminals and Data Management Server”.

  • Patent regarding EFO (entry form optimization)

    Patent No. 4460620

    Name of the Invention Method and Server to Provide Information Service
    Patent Application Date March 17, 2009
    Patent Acquisition Date February 19, 2010

    Our patent (Patent No. 4460620) regarding log analysis for ASP/SaaS format entry forms, which implements input support (such as alert displays according to character attributes, and coloring processing of required items) as well as abandonment rate calculation. This is the base technology of [Form Assist], our EFO service.

  • Patent regarding autocomplete of entry forms

    Patent No. 5830581

    Name of the Invention Input Support Server, Input Support Method, and Input Support Program
    Patent Application Date June 23, 2014
    Patent Acquisition Date October 30, 2015

    Patent regarding a technology to automatically input information, such as names and addresses, between different domain websites (autocomplete).

  • The only patent in Japan that automatically converts pc sites into smartphone compatible sites

    Patent No. 4936413

    Name of the Invention Web Display Program Conversion System, Web Display Program Conversion Method, and Program to Convert Web Display Programs
    Patent Priority Date March 7, 2011
    Patent Application Date July 20, 2011
    Patent Acquisition Date March 2, 2012

    Our patent regarding a technology of dividing the HTML of the pc site into elements, distinguishing the terminal type that is browsing such site, converts and displays it on the smartphone on a real time basis (Patent No. 4936413).
    This patent is the base technology of [Smartphone Converter].

  • US Patent to automatically convert pc sites into smartphone compatible sites

    US Patent No. US 8,291,311 B2

    Name of the Invention WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION SYSTEM,
    WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD
    AND PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM
    Patent Priority Date March 7, 2011
    International Application Date July 20, 2011
    US Patent Acquisition Date October 16, 2012

    Technology of dividing the HTML of the pc site into elements, distinguishing the terminal type that is browsing such site, converts and displays it on the smartphone on a real time basis.
    The contents of this patent is the same as the contents of our patent in Japan (Patent No. 4936413).

  • Singapore Patent to automatically convert pc sites into smartphone compatible sites

    Singapore Patent No. 184300

    Name of the Invention WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION SYSTEM,
    WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD
    AND PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM
    Registration Date April 30, 2013
    Patent Term From July 20, 2011 to July 20, 2031

    Technology of dividing the HTML of the pc site into elements, distinguishing the terminal type that is browsing such site, converts and displays it on the smartphone on a real time basis.
    The contents of this patent is the same as the contents of our patent in Japan (Patent No. 4936413).

  • Brunei Patent to automatically convert pc sites into smartphone compatible sites

    Patent No. 184300

    Name of the Invention WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION SYSTEM,
    WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD
    AND PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM
    International Application Date July 20, 2011
    Registration Date April 30, 2013

    Technology of dividing the HTML of the pc site into elements, distinguishing the terminal type that is browsing such site, converts and displays it on the smartphone on a real time basis.
    The contents of this patent is the same as the contents of our patent in Japan (Patent No. 4936413).

  • Malaysia Patent to automatically convert pc sites into smartphone compatible sites

    Malaysia Patent No. MY-157336-A

    Name of the Invention WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION SYSTEM,
    WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD
    AND PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING WEB DISPLAY PROGRAM
    International Application Date July 20, 2011
    Patent Acquisition Date May 31, 2016

    Technology of dividing the HTML of the pc site into elements, distinguishing the terminal type that is browsing such site, converts and displays it on the smartphone on a real time basis.
    The contents of this patent is the same as the contents of our patent in Japan (Patent No. 4936413).

  • Patent regarding LPO (landing page optimization)

    Patent No. 5072114

    Name of the Invention Method and Server to Provide Information Service
    Patent Application Date February 18, 2009
    Patent Acquisition Date August 31, 2012

    This patent is regarding a technology which automatically generates predefined floating banners according to attributes (such as search keywords, frequency of visits, and areas) of the accessing user and time, and deliver them to different locations on the page. Our company uses this patented technology for [Navicast (this service has already been terminated)].

  • Patent regarding One to One Marketing Tool

    Patent No. 5415639

    Name of the Invention Web Display Information Selection Server, Web Display Information Selection System, and Web Display Information Selection Program
    Patent Application Date April 30, 2013
    Patent Acquisition Date November 22, 2013

    This patent is regarding a technology which selects different banners to be displayed, based on the information displayed on the webpage. Our company uses this patented technology for [Site Personalizer].

Registered Trademarks and Trademarks

Showcase-tv, Navicast, Form Assist, Smartphone Converter, and Site Personalizer are registered trademarks or trademarks of Showcase Inc. in Japan and other certain countries.