Patents Assigned to The Sanwa Bank Limited
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Patent number: 7509282Abstract: A host apparatus of a financial auction system is disposed in a site that is accessible from user terminal apparatuses through the transmission line of a network. The host apparatus has a borrowing agent serving as the window for a potential borrower, a lending agent serving as the window for a potential lender, a screening section for extracting a potential lending offer matching a predetermined condition, a matchmaking section for selecting a successful bid from potential lending offers, and an information collection section for collecting background information of a potential borrowing request. A database is attached to the host apparatus, where a borrowing request file, lending offer file, and background information file are formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Sanwa Bank Limited, Financial Technology Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Shirakawa, Takeichiro Nishikawa, Naoshi Uchihira, Keiji Ohmori, Makoto Miyoshi, Satoru Endo, Yoshikuni Matsumura
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Patent number: 5596706Abstract: A highly reliable online system is disclosed which is provided with a backup computer center (sub-online system) in addition with an original computer center (main online system) in order to improve the reliability of the online system. With respect to the database, the main online system is provided with an original database (main database) while the sub-online system is provided with a backup database (sub-database) which is a duplicate of the main database. The main online system and the sub-online system are connected through a transmission path. Information on an update performed in the main database is transferred to the sub-online system through the transmission path to thereby update the sub-database in a manner similar to the main database. Terminal units are normally connected to the main online system, wherein the main database is updated by transactions inputted from the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1994Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Sanwa Bank LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Shimazaki, Masamichi Mizoguchi, Hajime Yamasaki, Kazuaki Ogawa, Shinji Tanaka, Tatsushi Yano, Takatoshi Shimizu, Yukio Kouguchi, Tetsuo Yamashita, Satoshi Murabayashi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Yoshikuni Watanabe, Koichi Nakagawa, Daisuke Fukagawa, Kouji Ogino
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Patent number: 5379418Abstract: A highly reliable online system is disclosed which is provided with a backup computer center (sub-online system) in addition with an original computer center (main online system) in order to improve the reliability of the online system. With respect to the database, the main online system is provided with an original database (main database) while the sub-online system is provided with a backup database (sub-database) which is a duplicate of the main database. The main online system and the sub-online system are connected through a transmission path. Information on an update performed in the main database is transferred to the sub-online system through the transmission path to thereby update the sub-database in a manner similar to the main database. Terminal units are normally connected to the main online system, wherein the main database is updated by transactions inputted from the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1993Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Sanwa Bank LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Shimazaki, Masamichi Mizoguchi, Hajime Yamasaki, Kazuaki Ogawa, Shinji Tanaka, Tatsushi Yano, Takatoshi Shimizu, Yukio Kouguchi, Tetsuo Yamashita, Satoshi Murabayashi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Yoshikuni Watanabe, Koichi Nakagawa, Daisuke Fukagawa, Kouji Ogino
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Patent number: 5307481Abstract: A highly reliable online system is disclosed which is provided with a backup computer center (sub-online system) in addition with an original computer center (main online system) in order to improve the reliability of the online system. With respect to the database, the main online system is provided with an original database (main database) while the sub-online system is provided with a backup database (sub-database) which is a duplicate of the main database. The main online system and the sub-online system are connected through a transmission path. Information on an update performed in the main database is transferred to the sub-online system through the transmission path to thereby update the sub-database in a manner similar to the main database. Terminal units are normally connected to the main online system, wherein the main database is updated by transactions inputted from the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1991Date of Patent: April 26, 1994Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Sanwa Bank LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Shimazaki, Masamichi Mizoguchi, Hajime Yamasaki, Kazuaki Ogawa, Shinji Tanaka, Tatsushi Yano, Takatoshi Shimizu, Yukio Kouguchi, Tetsuo Yamashita, Satoshi Murabayashi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Yoshikuni Watanabe, Koichi Nakagawa, Daisuke Fukagawa, Kouji Ogino