Patents by Inventor Takashi Tanifuji
Takashi Tanifuji has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8713159Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for monitoring communication configurations of a plurality of client devices connected to a server, the monitoring apparatus includes: a processor for controlling the communications between the client devices and the server in accordance with a process including: receiving from each of the client devices communication condition information and storing latest communication condition information of each of the client devices; determining at a time interval whether any of client devices became incapable of communication with the server by checking the latest communication condition information of each of client devices; and upon detection of at least one of the client devices for which obsolete communication condition information is stored, issuing a notice indicating that the at least one of the client devices are incapable of communication with the server.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Ikuko Tachibana, Takashi Tanifuji, Toshiaki Hayashi, Yoshihiro Kimura, Tomohiro Hikita, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Patent number: 8595140Abstract: Modified firmware is registered and controlled, and, when a download request is received from a terminal device, unupdated firmware is determined and downloaded to the terminal device. User identification information obtained from the download request is acquired, and, if the user identification information matches the user identification information of another terminal device that is already carrying out download, the download to the terminal device that output the download request is stopped. Even when the user identification information matches the user identification information of the other terminal device that is already carrying out download, if it is determined to be a download request by an operator operation, stopping the download is cancelled so as to execute the download, and a forcible termination notification is transmitted to the other terminal device that is already executing download so as to interrupt the download thereof in the process.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Kimura, Tomohiro Hikita, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Patent number: 8578220Abstract: An information processing system includes an electronic device and an information processing unit. The electronic device includes a fault detection unit; a data generating unit for generating, as data, the content of the detected fault; a data dividing unit for dividing the generated data into plural division data in the case where the data exceeds a predetermined capacity; a data compression unit for compressing each of the plural division data; an identification information adding unit for adding identification information to each of the plural compressed division data; and a data transmission unit for transmitting the plural compressed division data with the identification information. The information processing unit includes a data receiving unit for receiving the plural compressed division data, and a data restoration unit for restoring the plural compressed division data into original data based on the identification information.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa, Tomohiro Hikita
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Patent number: 8189458Abstract: A monitored device in a monitoring system sends a notification indicating device ID of a real computer and a real-MAC address thereof in advance to a monitoring device. The monitored device determines the real-MAC address corresponding to the computer in advance on the basis of the real-MAC address and an IP address of the computer and, when a failure occurs in any of the computers, also sends a notification indicating failure information including the virtual-MAC address and the IP address to the monitoring device. The monitoring device in the monitoring system obtains the real-MAC address on the basis of the IP address and the virtual-MAC address in the failure information, groups the failure information on the basis of the obtained real-MAC address, correlates the grouped failure information with the device ID, and outputs the correlated ID.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Patent number: 8151148Abstract: A connection monitoring apparatus determines whether the connection monitoring apparatus is communicatively connected to the customer apparatus at a regular connection time. When the connection monitoring apparatus is not communicatively connected to the customer apparatus at the regular connection time and the present time falls within the support contract time of a customer, the connection monitoring apparatus issues a connection fault notification. When the connection monitoring apparatus is not communicatively connected to the customer apparatus at the regular connection time and the present time does not fall within the support contract time of the customer, the connection monitoring apparatus suppresses the connection fault notification from being issued and issues the connection fault notification at the next support contract time of the customer.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Ikuko Tachibana, Yoshihiro Kimura, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Patent number: 8037172Abstract: An operation monitoring apparatus monitors statuses of plural monitoring target apparatus connected to a network, by sending a connection confirmation mail, via a notification server located on the network, receiving the connection confirmation mail and an operation confirmation mail sent from each monitoring target apparatus, storing a scheduled transmission time of a next operation confirmation mail contained in the operation confirmation mail, as part of apparatus information of the monitoring target apparatus and judging, using the scheduled transmission time, whether the next operation confirmation mail has been received. The judgment is not made if a latest connection confirmation mail sent from the operation monitoring apparatus itself has not been received.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yasutaka Tanikawa, Tomohiro Hikita, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yoshihiro Kimura
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Publication number: 20110119664Abstract: Modified firmware is registered and controlled, and, when a download request is received from a terminal device, unupdated firmware is determined and downloaded to the terminal device. User identification information obtained from the download request is acquired, and, if the user identification information matches the user identification information of another terminal device that is already carrying out download, the download to the terminal device that output the download request is stopped. Even when the user identification information matches the user identification information of the other terminal device that is already carrying out download, if it is determined to be a download request by an operator operation, stopping the download is cancelled so as to execute the download, and a forcible termination notification is transmitted to the other terminal device that is already executing download so as to interrupt the download thereof in the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2007Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Yoshihiro Kimura, Tomohiro Hikita, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20100223509Abstract: An information processing system includes an electronic device and an information processing unit. The electronic device includes a fault detection unit; a data generating unit for generating, as data, the content of the detected fault; a data dividing unit for dividing the generated data into plural division data in the case where the data exceeds a predetermined capacity; a data compression unit for compressing each of the plural division data; an identification information adding unit for adding identification information to each of the plural compressed division data; and a data transmission unit for transmitting the plural compressed division data with the identification information. The information processing unit includes a data receiving unit for receiving the plural compressed division data, and a data restoration unit for restoring the plural compressed division data into original data based on the identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Yoshihiro KIMURA, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa, Tomohiro Hikita
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Patent number: 7757122Abstract: When a fault is detected by a surveillance agent mounted in a user device, fault information is reported to a maintenance center device by an electronic mail through an internet. The user device is provided with a connect confirmation unit to prepare and transmit connect confirmation mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content, and the maintenance center device is provided with a diagnosis unit, which diagnose a mail transmission environment of the user device from the reception result of one or a plurality of connect confirmation mails received within a fixed period of time and transmits a diagnosis result to the user device by the electronic mail.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Hikita, Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Keisuke Horigami, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20100111094Abstract: When transmitting, to an information processing device (such as a server) via a telecommunications line, a plurality of pieces of information obtained in a target device that is a target of maintenance, a relay device (computer) refers to priority recognition information used to recognize priority in transmitting the pieces of maintenance information in order to determine the priority of each of the pieces of maintenance information, and transmits the plurality of pieces of maintenance information separately and sequentially to the information processing device via the telecommunication line on the basis of the determined priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yasutaka TANIKAWA, Yoshihiro Kimura, Toshiaki Hayashi, Ikuko Tachibana, Takashi Tanifuji
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Publication number: 20090303884Abstract: A monitored device in a monitoring system sends a notification indicating device ID of a real computer and a real-MAC address thereof in advance to a monitoring device. The monitored device determines the real-MAC address corresponding to the computer in advance on the basis of the real-MAC address and an IP address of the computer and, when a failure occurs in any of the computers, also sends a notification indicating failure information including the virtual-MAC address and the IP address to the monitoring device. The monitoring device in the monitoring system obtains the real-MAC address on the basis of the IP address and the virtual-MAC address in the failure information, groups the failure information on the basis of the obtained real-MAC address, correlates the grouped failure information with the device ID, and outputs the correlated ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro KIMURA, Ikuko TACHIBANA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Takashi TANIFUJI, Yasutaka TANIKAWA
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Publication number: 20090300172Abstract: A relay apparatus receives connection check mail transmitted from a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to the relay apparatus to a monitoring apparatus when the configuration or settings of the terminal apparatuses changes. The relay apparatus attaches a relay apparatus ID that uniquely identifies the relay apparatus to the header of the connection check mail. The relay apparatus transmits the connection check mail with the relay apparatus ID attached thereto to the monitoring apparatus. When stopping the monitoring of the terminal apparatus under the control of the relay apparatus, the relay apparatus transmits to the monitoring apparatus monitoring stop instruction mail with the relay apparatus ID attached thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMTEDInventors: Toshiaki Hayashi, Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20090300438Abstract: A connection monitoring apparatus determines whether the connection monitoring apparatus is communicatively connected to the customer apparatus at a regular connection time. When the connection monitoring apparatus is not communicatively connected to the customer apparatus at the regular connection time and the present time falls within the support contract time of a customer, the connection monitoring apparatus issues a connection fault notification. When the connection monitoring apparatus is not communicatively connected to the customer apparatus at the regular connection time and the present time does not fall within the support contract time of the customer, the connection monitoring apparatus suppresses the connection fault notification from being issued and issues the connection fault notification at the next support contract time of the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Ikuko Tachibana, Yoshihiro Kimura, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20090287818Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for monitoring communication configurations of a plurality of client devices connected to a server, the monitoring apparatus includes: a processor for controlling the communications between the client devices and the server in accordance with a process including: receiving from each of the client devices communication condition information and storing latest communication condition information of each of the client devices; determining at a time interval whether any of client devices became incapable of communication with the server by checking the latest communication condition information of each of client devices; and upon detection of at least one of the client devices for which obsolete communication condition information is stored, issuing a notice indicating that the at least one of the client devices are incapable of communication with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Ikuko TACHIBANA, Takashi Tanifuji, Toshiaki Hayashi, Yoshihiro Kimura, Tomohiro Hikita, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20090234930Abstract: An e-mail relay system including a first information processing apparatus that receives a first e-mail with a first identifier and stores the received first e-mail in a first storage device and notifies the first identifier to a second information processing apparatus, and the second information processing apparatus receives a second e-mail with a second identifier and stores the received second e-mail in a second storage device with the second identifier, and compares the first identifier notified with the second identifier stored in the second storage device, and extracts the second e-mail having the second identifier same with the unnotified first identifier from the second storage device, then transfers the extracted second e-mail to the first information processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takashi TANIFUJI, Yoshihiro KIMURA, Ikuko TACHIBANA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Yasutaka TANIKAWA
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Publication number: 20080294739Abstract: An operation monitoring apparatus monitors statuses of plural monitoring target apparatus connected to a network, by sending a connection confirmation mail, via a notification server located on the network, receiving the connection confirmation mail and an operation confirmation mail sent from each monitoring target apparatus, storing a scheduled transmission time of a next operation confirmation mail contained in the operation confirmation mail, as part of apparatus information of the monitoring target apparatus and judging, using the scheduled transmission time, whether the next operation confirmation mail has been received. The judgment is not made if a latest connection confirmation mail sent from the operation monitoring apparatus itself has not been received.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yasutaka Tanikawa, Tomohiro Hikita, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Yoshihiro Kimura
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Patent number: 7400241Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring device configured to automatically associate devices forming a multifunctional device with support-contract information.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Keisuke Horitgami, Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Tomohiro Hikita, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20070174742Abstract: When a fault is detected by a surveillance agent mounted in a user device, fault information is reported to a maintenance center device by an electronic mail through an internet. The user device is provided with a connect confirmation unit to prepare and transmit connect confirmation mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content, and the maintenance center device is provided with a diagnosis unit, which diagnose a mail transmission environment of the user device from the reception result of one or a plurality of connect confirmation mails received within a fixed period of time and transmits a diagnosis result to the user device by the electronic mail.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Tomohiro Hikita, Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takashi Tanifuji, Keisuke Horigami, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20070103287Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring device configured to automatically associate devices forming a multifunctional device with support-contract information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Keisuke Horitgami, Yoshihiro Kimura, Ikuko Tachibana, Toshiaki Hayashi, Tomohiro Hikita, Takashi Tanifuji, Yasutaka Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20050163297Abstract: A support service charge calculating device comprises an accumulating means for accumulating in a storage means information on the use of the support service by customers during the support service providing period concerning an information processor provided to the customers on the condition that the customers pay a fixed charge, a calculating means for calculating the cost on the use during the providing period by using information on the use, and a determining means for determining the amount to be returned to the customers from the fixed charge when the relationship between the fixed charge and the use charge satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hideki Ise, Takashi Tanifuji