Patents by Inventor Kyu Kobashi

Kyu Kobashi 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: 7610414
    Abstract: A data transfer method for transferring, through use of a plurality of paths, data between a plurality of logic devices provided in an external storage device and an input/output request device which issues input/output requests to the respective logic devices of the external storage device. The method includes a first step for setting priority levels of the plurality of logic devices; a second step for setting usage rates of the paths for the respective logic devices on the basis of the priority levels set in the first step; and a third step for transferring the data through use of respective paths such that the usage rates set in the second step are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kyu Kobashi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Fumiaki Itou
  • Publication number: 20050283552
    Abstract: A data transfer method for transferring, through use of a plurality of paths, data between a plurality of logic devices provided in an external storage device and an input/output request device which issues input/output requests to the respective logic devices of the external storage device. The method includes a first step for setting priority levels of the plurality of logic devices; a second step for setting usage rates of the paths for the respective logic devices on the basis of the priority levels set in the first step; and a third step for transferring the data through use of respective paths such that the usage rates set in the second step are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kyu Kobashi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Fumiaki Itou