Patents Assigned to NTT Communications Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240248933
    Abstract: A controller of a data management device creates and publishes logic metadata based on setting information sent from a first user terminal, acquires and stores, in response to designation of use logic and target data sent from a second user terminal which has viewed the published data, the use logic and the target data in a secret area, performs a calculation on the stored target data by using the use logic, stores a calculation result in the secret area, determines an amount of charge for the use logic based on the setting information, provides the second user with the calculation result stored in the secret area, provides the first user and the second user with a report of the amount of charge, and deletes the use logic, the target data, and the calculation result stored in the secret area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori TAKADA, Tsunechika KISHIDA, Hideaki AKABORI
  • Patent number: 12047436
    Abstract: A setting apparatus for setting a communication apparatus, the setting apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to acquire auxiliary information from a management apparatus configured to execute processing for accessing a cloud, and transmit setting information including the auxiliary information to the communication apparatus. The auxiliary information is set to an IoT edge execution environment established in the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenyu Shen, Takeo Saga, Kenji Arai, Ryu Kanishima
  • Publication number: 20240236131
    Abstract: The vehicle security analysis apparatus generates, based on sensor log data items generated in in-vehicle devices, a combination of sensor log data items by associating a plurality of sensor log data items having a possibility of constituting the same individual attack, and identifies an individual attack pattern by comparing this combination of the sensor log data items with individual attack knowledge information. Next, a combination of a plurality of individual attack patterns that have occurred within a predetermined time period is compared with attack scenario knowledge information to identify an attack scenario. Then, the analysis result including the identified individual attack pattern and attack scenario is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, NTT Security (Japan) KK
    Inventors: Satoshi UENO, Atsushi WAKASUGI, Kensuke NAKATA, Yasunobu CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240236139
    Abstract: In the vehicle security analysis device, correspondence information representing correspondence between vehicle components and a plurality of analysis logics prepared in advance for each vehicle component is stored in a storage unit. Every time the analysis target data is acquired, the type of the vehicle component, which is the generation source of the analysis target data, is determined based on the vehicle identification information included in the attribute information in the acquired analysis target data, and the analysis logic corresponding to the determined type of the vehicle component is selected from the correspondence information. Then, the analysis target data is analyzed in accordance with the selected analysis logic to identify the type of the cyberattack, and an analysis report including this result is generated and output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, NTT Security (Japan) KK
    Inventors: Satoshi UENO, Atsushi WAKASUGI, Kensuke NAKATA, Yasunobu CHIBA
  • Patent number: 12029962
    Abstract: A user terminal includes a communication device configured to receive radio waves transmitted from a wireless communication tag provided on a golf ball, an output device configured to output information to a user, and a controller configured to control the output device and output information according to radio waves transmitted from the wireless communication tag provided on a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yamaguchi, Shinya Kishimoto, Hiroshi Gamou
  • Patent number: 12019911
    Abstract: In a system using edge computing, a technology for performing efficient storage management is provided. A storage management apparatus communicable with a plurality of edge servers each including a storage part storing data and access log information to the data is configured to acquire the access log information from each edge server; to decide, based on the acquired access log information, whether a state of access to the data stored in the storage part of each edge server meets a preset criterion; and to execute control to select, as a transfer target, data in the state of access which is decided as failing to meet the criterion, and to transfer the data to another storage part different from the storage part in which the data is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunechika Kishida, Hideaki Akabori, Tatsuo Fujita
  • Patent number: 12015546
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a routing destination evaluation apparatus includes a metrics acquisition unit and a routing destination evaluation unit. The metrics acquisition unit acquires time-series data of types of metrics associated with a candidate. The candidate is one of candidates of a routing destination to which the routing control apparatus routes a request including the first destination data. The routing destination evaluation unit evaluates the candidates based on the time-series data, and generates routing destination evaluation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiko Kisa, Takayuki Kamei
  • Publication number: 20240185201
    Abstract: A controller of a data management device processes data to be shared to create processed data based on setting information transmitted from a first user terminal and related to publication of the data which is to be shared and which is stored in a dedicated storage area of a first user, publishes the processed data, causes the first user terminal and a second user terminal to have a chat with each other in response to a request for sharing the data to be shared, which is original data of the processed data, the request for sharing being transmitted from the second user terminal, creates a shared storage area accessible only by the first and second users for whom a sharing agreement is acquired, saves a copy of the data to be shared in the shared storage area, and permits the second user terminal to access the shared storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori TAKADA, Tsunechika KISHIDA, Hideaki AKABORI
  • Publication number: 20240184910
    Abstract: A workflow management processing unit of a data management device creates a workflow for inputting information related to data to be shared from a second user terminal for using data, causes at least part of the information related to the data to be input from the second user terminal through the workflow, causes a first user terminal of a first user who is a data owner to view the workflow after input by the second user terminal, and in response to approval from the first user terminal, permits the second user terminal to access a copy of the data stored in a dedicated storage area that is isolated from the second user and accessible only by the first user, the copy being stored in a shared storage area accessible only by the first user and the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori TAKADA, Tsunechika KISHIDA, Hideaki AKABORI
  • Publication number: 20240177096
    Abstract: An information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to perform data processing on data that is input from a card corresponding to a connection source display a graph that includes a plurality of cards each of which outputs a result of the associated data processing to a card corresponding to a connection destination and notify, when an input of a comment with respect to an area relevant to the graph that is displayed has been received, a terminal device used by a user relevant to the graph of information on the input comment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke KIRITOSHI, Koji ITO, Michihiro NAITO, Michiaki OGAWA, Ryosuke TANNO, Yuki SAKAMOTO, Dan OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240104328
    Abstract: A position search system includes a tag that transmits a signal containing identification information, a plurality of communication terminal devices that receive the signal that the tag transmits, and a server that collects information from a communication terminal device that receives the signal that the tag transmits, wherein the tag includes first processing circuitry configured to set a first signal as the signal that the tag transmits when the tag senses presence of a first communication terminal device that is paired with the tag among the communication terminal devices or when the tag is able to sense presence of a second communication terminal device with which the tag is able to communicate after pairing with the first communication terminal device is canceled or after the tag stops sensing presence of the first communication terminal device, and set a second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Fumio AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240105047
    Abstract: A position search system includes a tag that sends a signal that includes identification information, a plurality of communication terminals each of which receives the signal that is sent by the tag, and a server that collects information from the communication terminals each of which has received the signal sent by the tag. The tag includes first processing circuitry configured to determine whether or not a movement has been made by the tag, set, as the signal to be sent by the tag, a first signal when presence of a first communication terminal that has been paired with the tag from among the plurality of communication terminals is being sensed, or, after a pair with the first communication terminal has been canceled or after the presence of the first communication terminal is no longer sensed, and set, as the signal to be sent by the tag, a second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Fumio AOKI
  • Patent number: 11886520
    Abstract: A system using edge computing is enabled to efficiently acquire data of an acquisition target without fail. A data search server KSV includes an industry information table 221 which stores an edge ID of an edge server operated and managed by a company/body, the edge ID being correlated with an industry ID which identifies an industry, and an ID of the company/body belonging to the industry. When a data acquisition request designating the industry ID is received from a user terminal, edge servers correlated with the designated industry ID are searched from the industry information table 221, and sensing data is acquired from the searched edge servers and transmitted to the user terminal of the source of the request. Menu screen information is sent from the data search server KSV to the user terminal, and displayed, and a user is enabled to select an industry on the menu screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunechika Kishida, Hideaki Akabori, Tatsuo Fujita
  • Publication number: 20240028966
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a learning program that causes a computer to execute a process including calculating, by secure computation, an objective variable by inputting an explanatory variable into a logistic regression model, updating parameters of the logistic regression model by secure computation based on a result of calculation, and determining, by secure computation, whether to end update of the parameters based on whether an update amount of the parameters is smaller than a reference value that has been specified by a user and is encrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Masashi SAWADA
  • Patent number: 11880816
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a settlement system includes a server and a merchant device. The server includes a rate notification unit and a payment controller. The rate notification unit notifies the device of an exchange rate. The payment controller pays the amount to the device in a currency of a second country. The device includes a display controller and a sales notification unit. The display controller displays on a terminal of a user an amount of payment for purchase of an article in a currency of a first country. The sales notification unit reports to the server the sales information in the currency of the first country. Upon receipt of an image that contains an article, the display controller calculates the amount of payment for purchase of the article in the currency of the first country, and displays the calculated amount of payment on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhisa Higashide, Yasuhide Katou, Mitsuya Tomoda, Kentaro Numa
  • Publication number: 20240020398
    Abstract: A processing system distributes original data in a state of being segmented shares to a plurality of servers, and stores the original data in the servers, each of the servers including processing circuitry configured to perform statistical processing on the shares that are used in computation that is requested by a requesting device, and perform the computation that is requested by the requesting device using statistical information into which conversion is made in the statistical processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Masashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20240012916
    Abstract: A processing system distributes registration data that a registrar device has to a plurality of servers in a state of being segmented shares, and stores the registration data in the servers. Each of the servers includes first processing circuitry configured to perform anonymization on the shares, and provide anonymization-processed information on which anonymization is performed in the state of being shares.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Masashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20240013885
    Abstract: Management of post-medication conditions for a wider range of medication target persons who have been administered medications is enabled. A management control apparatus acquires and manages, from a terminal device used by a medication target person, post-medication information discretionarily input by the medication target person after the medication, and post-medication information input for a designated report item as medicated person notebook information and report information for a medication manager, respectively. Then, by selectively using the medicated person notebook information and the report information for the medication manager, handling processing is executed according to a change in post-medication condition of the medication target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi TSUNEKAWA, Takahito KONAGAYA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Hiroaki IZUMI, Masaaki TABATA
  • Publication number: 20240013876
    Abstract: Verification of not only medication completion information but also information indicating post-medication conditions can be realized. The medication completion information indicating the fact of the medication having been administered to a target recipient is obtained, and the obtained medication completion information is stored in association with the unique identification information of the target recipient. The post-medication information indicating the condition of the target recipient after the medication is obtained from the user terminal, and the obtained post-medication information is stored in association with the medication completion information. Medication certification information is created based on the stored medication completion information and post-medication information, and the process for submitting the created medication certification information from the target recipient to an organization is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi SAKURAI, Takeru UMEDA, Ryuta KOKUBO, Mitsunori OTA, Hiroaki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240013879
    Abstract: A medical system includes an issuer configured to issue data of an electronic prescription relating to a medicine prescribed to a patient and instruct a history management system for recording a token delivery history to issue a token that is information of a delivery target relating to the electronic prescription, and a controller configured to instruct the history management system to deliver the token to a terminal of a recipient of the medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta KOKUBO, Takeru UMEDA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Kazuhisa HAYAKAWA