Patents Assigned to Softbank Corporation
  • Patent number: 11671868
    Abstract: A satellite communication system may be configured to establish multiple different tunnels between a first satellite modem and a second satellite modem in accordance with a protocol. The first satellite modem may receive a packet via a tunnel established in accordance with a different protocol, determine an endpoint identifier corresponding to the tunnel based on information from one or more headers included in the packet, identify one of the multiple different tunnels that corresponds to the tunnel, generate a corresponding packet omitting at least a portion of the information from the one or more headers and comprising at least a portion of data included in a payload of the packet and an information block comprising a tunnel index corresponding to the identified one of the multiple different tunnels, and transmit the corresponding packet to the second satellite modem via the identified one of the multiple different tunnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Softbank Corporation
    Inventors: Yoseph Hecht, Hagay Katz, Akihiko Tajika
  • Patent number: 10785680
    Abstract: A satellite communication system may be configured to establish multiple different tunnels between a first satellite modem and a second satellite modem in accordance with a protocol. The first satellite modem may receive a packet via a tunnel established in accordance with a different protocol, determine an endpoint identifier corresponding to the tunnel based on information from one or more headers included in the packet, identify one of the multiple different tunnels that corresponds to the tunnel, generate a corresponding packet omitting at least a portion of the information from the one or more headers and comprising at least a portion of data included in a payload of the packet and an information block comprising a tunnel index corresponding to the identified one of the multiple different tunnels, and transmit the corresponding packet to the second satellite modem via the identified one of the multiple different tunnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Softbank Corporation
    Inventors: Yoseph Hecht, Hagay Katz, Akihiko Tajika
  • Patent number: 10021594
    Abstract: A satellite communication system may be configured to establish multiple different tunnels between a first satellite modem and a second satellite modem in accordance with a protocol. The first satellite modem may receive a packet via a tunnel established in accordance with a different protocol, determine an endpoint identifier corresponding to the tunnel based on information from one or more headers included in the packet, identify one of the multiple different tunnels that corresponds to the tunnel, generate a corresponding packet omitting at least a portion of the information from the one or more headers and comprising at least a portion of data included in a payload of the packet and an information block comprising a tunnel index corresponding to the identified one of the multiple different tunnels, and transmit the corresponding packet to the second satellite modem via the identified one of the multiple different tunnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Softbank Corporation
    Inventors: Yoseph Hecht, Hagay Katz, Akihiko Tajika
  • Patent number: 9961587
    Abstract: A satellite communication system may be configured to establish multiple different tunnels between a first satellite modem and a second satellite modem in accordance with a protocol. The first satellite modem may receive a packet via a tunnel established in accordance with a different protocol, determine an endpoint identifier corresponding to the tunnel based on information from one or more headers included in the packet, identify one of the multiple different tunnels that corresponds to the tunnel, generate a corresponding packet omitting at least a portion of the information from the one or more headers and comprising at least a portion of data included in a payload of the packet and an information block comprising a tunnel index corresponding to the identified one of the multiple different tunnels, and transmit the corresponding packet to the second satellite modem via the identified one of the multiple different tunnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Softbank Corporation
    Inventors: Yoseph Hecht, Hagay Katz, Akihiko Tajika
  • Patent number: 7187920
    Abstract: A network including a connection service providing system according to the present invention comprises mobile terminals 1 used by users, electronic devices 3, a wireless LAN base station 5, a connection-service-providing server 10, public network 2 for interconnecting a mobile terminal 1 and the connection-service-providing server 10, and a wide area network 4 for interconnecting a electronic device 3 and the connection-service-providing server 10. The connection-service-providing server 10 comprises a first identifier-acquisition unit 11, identifier-acquisition-time-instant measurement unit 12 (first time measurement unit), a second identifier-acquisition unit 13, a service-provision-start-time-instant measurement unit 14 (second time measurement unit), an authentication unit 15, and a connection control unit 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Softbank Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tsutsui