Patents by Inventor Hiroaki KONOURA

Hiroaki KONOURA 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).

  • Patent number: 11797556
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of servers includes a shared information storage region for storing information to be shared with other servers. The servers operate so as to match data of the shared information storage regions with each other. A first server manages a first local database. A second server generates query information for accessing the first local database, and stores the query information in the shared information storage region of the second server. The first server acquires the query information from the shared information storage region of the first server, and stores the result with respect to the query information in the shared information storage region of the first server. The second server acquires the result from the shared information storage region of the second server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inomata, Masafumi Kinoshita, Hiroaki Konoura
  • Publication number: 20230315900
    Abstract: An information processing system includes first and second computers and first and second bases. The first computer stores, as personal information of a user of a terminal, personal management information including an ID and contact detail of the user, generates personal time-series information with personal information and time added and generates processed time-series information by performing concealment on the personal information in the personal time-series information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONOURA, Masafumi KINOSHITA, Keisuke SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 11687643
    Abstract: Provided is an information linkage system, comprising: a processor; and a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device holds identification information of a user and information on the user, which are added by a first organization, in association with each other, the processor: transmits to a second organization an information linkage application regarding information on any one item included in the information on the user; acquires, when the information linkage application is received, identification information of the user and information on the user of the item specified by the information linkage application, which are added by the second organization; and stores the acquired information in the storage device in association with the identification information of the user and the information on the user regarding the same user as a user identified by the acquired identification information, which are added by the first organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Konoura, Masafumi Kinoshita, Hirofumi Inomata, Masaki Hirayama, Ryouichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230099545
    Abstract: It is provided an IoT system, comprising: a communication device in which an identification module for controlling a communication requirement is installed, and which is configured to communicate to/from a cloud server; an asset which is connected to the communication device; and a control server which is configured to manage setting of the communication between the communication device and the cloud server, wherein the control server is configured to: manage a relationship between the identification module and the communication device and a relationship between the communication device and the asset; and set the communication between the communication device and the cloud server in order to transfer information from the asset to the cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONOURA, Masafumi KINOSHITA, Yu NAKATA, Yuta SEKIGUCHI, Sota UEHARA
  • Patent number: 11539788
    Abstract: Software that implements processing executed through coordination between multiple hubs is efficiently developed. An information processing system comprises a plurality of AP execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute AP software. Each of the AP execution devices stores common AP software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order. The AP software includes transfer processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate processing of the processing blocks executed by a first one of the AP execution devices in a first one of the hubs with a second one of the AP execution devices in a second one of the hubs. Once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the AP software, the first AP execution device transmits a coordination start message notifying of start of the coordination, to the second AP execution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Nakata, Hiroaki Konoura, Masafumi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220129473
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of servers includes a shared information storage region for storing information to be shared with other servers. The servers operate so as to match data of the shared information storage regions with each other. A first server manages a first local database. A second server generates query information for accessing the first local database, and stores the query information in the shared information storage region of the second server. The first server acquires the query information from the shared information storage region of the first server, and stores the result with respect to the query information in the shared information storage region of the first server. The second server acquires the result from the shared information storage region of the second server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOMATA, Masafumi KINOSHITA, Hiroaki KONOURA
  • Publication number: 20220116446
    Abstract: Software that implements processing executed through coordination between multiple hubs is efficiently developed. An information processing system comprises a plurality of AP execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute AP software. Each of the AP execution devices stores common AP software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order. The AP software includes transfer processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate processing of the processing blocks executed by a first one of the AP execution devices in a first one of the hubs with a second one of the AP execution devices in a second one of the hubs. Once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the AP software, the first AP execution device transmits a coordination start message notifying of start of the coordination, to the second AP execution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yu NAKATA, Hiroaki KONOURA, Masafumi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210390197
    Abstract: A computer system that processes data among a plurality of sites each including a computer having a processor and a memory. The computer includes an application for performing predetermined processing on data, an execution manager for managing execution of the application, and data transfer policies specifying whether data of a processing result of the application is allowed to be transmitted to the external. The execution manager generates information on data used by the application being executed as information on data to be transmitted and applies the data transfer policies to the data in the information on data to be transmitted to determine whether the data to be transmitted can be transmitted to the outside of the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONOURA, Mayuko TAKAI, Yu NAKATA, Masafumi KINOSITA, Keisuke SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 11010269
    Abstract: A distributed processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses communicably coupled to one another and is capable of performing parallel processing in which the information processing apparatus performs predetermined processing in parallel with the other information processing apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Konoura, Masafumi Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Chaki
  • Patent number: 10901699
    Abstract: The design and development of a data analysis process is assisted and the burden on the user such as a data analyst in data analysis process is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Konoura, Ken Sugimoto, Yu Nakata, Masafumi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200242233
    Abstract: Provided is an information linkage system, comprising: a processor; and a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device holds identification information of a user and information on the user, which are added by a first organization, in association with each other, the processor: transmits to a second organization an information linkage application regarding information on any one item included in the information on the user; acquires, when the information linkage application is received, identification information of the user and information on the user of the item specified by the information linkage application, which are added by the second organization; and stores the acquired information in the storage device in association with the identification information of the user and the information on the user regarding the same user as a user identified by the acquired identification information, which are added by the first organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Konoura, Masafumi Kinoshita, Hirofumi Inomata, Masaki Hirayama, Ryouichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200089585
    Abstract: A distributed processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses communicably coupled to one another and is capable of performing parallel processing in which the information processing apparatus performs predetermined processing in parallel with the other information processing apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONOURA, Masafumi KINOSHITA, Nobuyuki CHAKI
  • Publication number: 20200019383
    Abstract: The design and development of a data analysis process is assisted and the burden on the user such as a data analyst in data analysis process is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONOURA, Ken SUGIMOTO, Yu NAKATA, Masafumi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160234129
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of sending and receiving signals. The communication system includes a plurality of data store servers each including a queue capable of storing signals and a queue management server capable of allocating signals to the plurality of data store servers. The queue management server holds distribution policy information that specifies policies to allocate signals to the plurality of data store servers. The queue management server is configured to determine to allocate a plurality of received signals to one queue in one of the plurality of data store servers based on the distribution policy information when the plurality of signals include in-order guarantee keys indicating that the plurality of signals are in need of in-order guarantee and the in-order guarantee keys of the plurality of signals are identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONOURA, Masafumi KINOSHITA, Takafumi KOIKE, Toshiyuki KAMIYA