Tokyo, Japan

Mitsutoshi Shionoya

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent and 1 published patent application. Top assignee: Visionaire Corporation. Active years: 2010.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Mitsutoshi Shionoya. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/mitsutoshi-shionoya

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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USPTO Granted Patents = 1 

Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.0

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Forward Citations = 4(Granted Patents)


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Years Active: 2010

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Mitsutoshi Shionoya: Patent Inventor in DVD Content Management

Introduction

Mitsutoshi Shionoya is an inventor based in Tokyo, Japan, associated with Visionaire Corporation. His patent work includes a method for managing access to particular content recorded on a DVD.

Latest Patents

The supplied information lists one patent for Shionoya: “Method for managing viewing of a particular content recorded on an information recording medium.” The method describes a DVD player displaying a start menu and prompting the viewer to authenticate. The viewer uses a mobile phone to visit a website and enter a user ID and acquisition code to obtain a password. After the viewer enters that password on the DVD player, the player checks its validity during program execution and begins playing the specified content if authentication succeeds. Shionoya is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Shionoya’s listed patent focuses on combining DVD playback controls with online password acquisition and authentication. This approach links a physical recording medium to a web-based process for controlling access to selected content.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies Ei Imai and Hiroshi Uchikoga as Shionoya’s coworkers.

Conclusion

Mitsutoshi Shionoya’s documented invention addresses controlled viewing of DVD content through a process that connects disc-based playback with online password authentication.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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