Patents by Inventor Daichi Funato
Daichi Funato 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: 12407754Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: SORACOM, INCInventors: Kenta Yasukawa, Ken Tamagawa, Daichi Funato
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Patent number: 12143923Abstract: A communication system for providing a wireless terminal with access to a network, the wireless terminal storing an identification number for accessing a first network, the communication system being configured to receive a connection initiation request from the wireless terminal while the wireless terminal is located in a second service area of a second network, the second service area being different from a first service area of the first network; select, in response to the connection initiation request, a gateway of a third network connected to the second network; and send a gateway ID of the selected gateway toward the second network. A method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SORACOM, INC.Inventors: Daichi Funato, Kenta Yasukawa
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Publication number: 20240015533Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: KENTA YASUKAWA, KEN TAMAGAWA, DAICHI FUNATO
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Publication number: 20230388906Abstract: A communication system for providing a wireless terminal with access to a network, the wireless terminal storing an identification number for accessing a first network, the communication system being configured to receive a connection initiation request from the wireless terminal while the wireless terminal is located in a second service area of a second network, the second service area being different from a first service area of the first network; select, in response to the connection initiation request, a gateway of a third network connected to the second network; and send a gateway ID of the selected gateway toward the second network. A method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: DAICHI FUNATO, Kenta Yasukawa
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Patent number: 11805429Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SORACOM, INC.Inventors: Kenta Yasukawa, Ken Tamagawa, Daichi Funato
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Patent number: 11765644Abstract: A second network which communicates with a communication system for providing access to a network other than a first network, via the second network, to a wireless terminal on which an identification number for accessing the first network is stored, configured to: receive a connection initiation request on C-plane from the wireless terminal to send the connection initiation request to the communication system, receive a gateway ID of a gateway on U-plane to the network connected to the second network, selected on the communication system based on a network ID of the second network, in response to the connection initiation request, wherein the gateway is within a third network other than the first network, and establish a communication path between the gateway on U-plane designated by the gateway ID.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SORACOM, INC.Inventors: Daichi Funato, Kenta Yasukawa
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Patent number: 11595830Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SORACOM, INC.Inventors: Kenta Yasukawa, Ken Tamagawa, Daichi Funato
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Patent number: 11337084Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Kenta Yasukawa, Ken Tamagawa, Daichi Funato
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Publication number: 20220053412Abstract: A second network which communicates with a communication system for providing access to a network other than a first network, via the second network, to a wireless terminal on which an identification number for accessing the first network is stored, configured to: receive a connection initiation request on C-plane from the wireless terminal to send the connection initiation request to the communication system, receive a gateway ID of a gateway on U-plane to the network connected to the second network, selected on the communication system based on a network ID of the second network, in response to the connection initiation request, wherein the gateway is within a third network other than the first network, and establish a communication path between the gateway on U-plane designated by the gateway ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Daichi FUNATO, Kenta YASUKAWA
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Patent number: 11197234Abstract: A communication system for providing access to a network via a second network to a wireless terminal on which an identification number for accessing a first network is stored, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a connection initiation request on C-plane from the wireless terminal; a selection unit for selecting a gateway on U-plane to the network connected to the second network based on an obtained network ID of the second network, in response to the connection initiation request; and a sending unit for sending a gateway ID of the selected gateway on U-plane toward the second network.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SORACOM, INC.Inventors: Daichi Funato, Kenta Yasukawa
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Publication number: 20200389837Abstract: A communication system for providing access to a network via a second network to a wireless terminal on which an identification number for accessing a first network is stored, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a connection initiation request on C-plane from the wireless terminal; a selection unit for selecting a gateway on U-plane to the network connected to the second network based on an obtained network ID of the second network, in response to the connection initiation request; and a sending unit for sending a gateway ID of the selected gateway on U-plane toward the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Daichi FUNATO, Kenta YASUKAWA
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Publication number: 20190349790Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: KENTA YASUKAWA, KEN TAMAGAWA, DAICHI FUNATO
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Publication number: 20190349791Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: KENTA YASUKAWA, KEN TAMAGAWA, DAICHI FUNATO
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Publication number: 20190059005Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: KENTA YASUKAWA, KEN TAMAGAWA, DAICHI FUNATO
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Publication number: 20180255132Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: KENTA YASUKAWA, KEN TAMAGAWA, DAICHI FUNATO
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Patent number: 8843157Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for estimating travel behavior in a mobile network. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving event data indicative of user equipment location, pre-processing received event data to produce pre-processed data, performing straight line interpolation on pre-processed data of one or more individuals in the population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals from a first position to a second position, and counting a number of individuals in population at a given time and at a given area.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Motoharu Miyake, Fujio Watanabe, Daichi Funato
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Patent number: 8559976Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for population tracking, counting and/or movement estimation. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving mobile phone operational data indicative of user equipment location, where the event data includes location area update messages and periodic registration messages; and performing travel estimation based on the mobile phone operation data, including performing interpolation on data associated with one or more individuals in a population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals for a specified time period based on a shortest path mesh sequence estimation algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Motoharu Miyake, Fujio Watanabe, Daichi Funato, Hyung Sik Shin, Ismail Guvenc
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Patent number: 8510442Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein for implementing dormant mode with paging in a WLAN. Power savings in the computing device and reduction in traffic across the network are achieved by requiring a computing device to inform the WLAN of its location only when it crosses a paging area boundary or is to receive IP traffic. Dormant mode with paging is implemented in a protocol that supports dormant functionality and paging functionality but does not itself provide methods or standards for implementing such functionality, such as the IEEE 802.11. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein provide the methods needed to implement dormant mode with paging in such a protocol. Generally, the methods and apparatuses for implementing dormant mode with paging basically include (1) establishing paging areas; (2) communicating access group information to a computing device; and (3) locating a computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Daichi Funato, Fujio Watanabe, Toshio Miki
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Patent number: 8504034Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for population tracking, counting and/or movement estimation. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving mobile phone operational data indicative of user equipment location, where the event data includes location area update messages and periodic registration messages; and performing travel estimation based on the mobile phone operation data, including performing interpolation on data associated with one or more individuals in a population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals for a specified time period based on a shortest path mesh sequence estimation algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Motoharu Miyake, Fujio Watanabe, Daichi Funato
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Publication number: 20120115505Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for population tracking, counting and/or movement estimation. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving mobile phone operational data indicative of user equipment location, where the event data includes location area update messages and periodic registration messages; and performing travel estimation based on the mobile phone operation data, including performing interpolation on data associated with one or more individuals in a population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals for a specified time period based on a shortest path mesh sequence estimation algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Motoharu Miyake, Fujio Watanabe, Daichi Funato, Hyung Sik Shin, Ismail Guvenc