Patents by Inventor Junji Kumashiro

Junji Kumashiro 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).

  • Computer program and apparatus for updating installed software programs by comparing update times
    Patent number: 7840957
    Abstract: A computer program and apparatus that minimize the time required to update installed programs to a new version. Upon receipt of a request for updating old version software to a new version, a version information collector first obtains version information describing specified new version software. Then a processing time calculator calculates update processing times for a full update process, a partial update process, and a copy & update process, based on the obtained version information about the new version software, as well as based on version information describing the old version software. A process selector compares the calculated update processing times and selects the fastest update process. Then an updating unit executes the selected fastest update process to update the old version software to the new version software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Junji Kumashiro, Hiroshi Nonaka, Akira Kumeta, Yukiya Ishioka
  • Computer program and apparatus for updating installed software programs
    Publication number: 20070294684
    Abstract: A computer program and apparatus that minimize the time required to update installed programs to a new version. Upon receipt of a request for updating old version software to a new version, a version information collector first obtains version information describing specified new version software. Then a processing time calculator calculates update processing times for a full update process, a partial update process, and a copy & update process, based on the obtained version information about the new version software, as well as based on version information describing the old version software. A process selector compares the calculated update processing times and selects the fastest update process. Then an updating unit executes the selected fastest update process to update the old version software to the new version software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Junji Kumashiro, Hiroshi Nonaka, Akira Kumeta, Yukiya Ishioka