Patents by Inventor Masanori Tomoda

Masanori Tomoda 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).

  • Publication number: 20240048370
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a quantum key delivery service platform includes a plurality of quantum key delivery devices and a management server. The server monitors a storage amount of the encryption keys in the plurality of quantum key delivery devices, records a consumption record of the encryption keys for each of the plurality of cryptographic communication devices, predicts a consumption amount of the encryption keys based on the consumption record of the encryption keys, and detects a sign of shortage of the encryption keys based on the storage amount of the encryption keys and a prediction result of the consumption amount of the cryptographic keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Hanai, Masanori Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20230208623
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an encryption/decryption execution environment encrypts and decrypts data of an application program while consuming an encryption key unit. A key exchange node accumulates an encryption key shared with a communication counterpart. A key accumulation amount monitoring function unit included in a key exchange node monitors an accumulation amount of the encryption key. A key accumulation amount notification function unit included in an application execution environment notifies a user of the application program or the application program of an accumulation amount of the encryption key acquired by the key accumulation amount monitoring function unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi TATEOKA, Masanori TOMODA, Tomoyuki TANAKA, Kazutoyo NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20060227585
    Abstract: A computer system includes a disk apparatus and a host computer including a journal file system. The disk apparatus includes a memory unit which is capable of permanently storing a journal, a storing control unit which stores a journal, which is sent from the host computer, in the memory unit, and an updating unit which executes data update corresponding to the journal stored in the memory unit in accordance with an instruction from the host computer. The journal file system of the host computer includes a writing unit which executes, each time the data on the disk apparatus is updated, writing of a journal, which corresponds to the data update, to the disk apparatus, and an informing unit which informs the disk apparatus of an instruction to execute the data update corresponding to the written journal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventor: Masanori Tomoda
  • Patent number: 5706511
    Abstract: A data base system according to the present invention has a data base including at least one table and executing predetermined data processing by accessing to the data base in accordance with transactions. The data base system comprises a plurality of management process for executing data processing in accordance with assigned transactions, a plurality of buffers respectively provided for the plurality of management process, for holding partial copies of the table as blocks, data management table for storing a number of blocks held by each of the plurality of buffers, and transaction control section for assigning the transaction to the management process corresponding to the buffer which holds the largest number of blocks on the basis of the number of blocks stored in the data management table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masanori Tomoda