Patents by Inventor Masashi Furubayashi

Masashi Furubayashi 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).

  • Gateway system
    Patent number: 6976091
    Abstract: A gateway system comprises a character code conversion table, a data code conversion table, a data format conversion table, and a transmitter/receiver combination table. Concerning data exchange among a plurality of information systems, which are connected in the same network as that connected to this gateway system, the gateway system has a function of checking whether or not combination of a transmitter and a receiver is appropriate by referring to the transmitter/receiver combination table, and a function of performing data format conversion, data code conversion, and character code conversion corresponding to the combination of the transmitter and the receiver by referring to the related tables. In addition, each of the information system is connected to the gateway system via the network, and has a transmitter/receiver combination table and a function of checking validity of transmitter/receiver combination included in received data by referring to this table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Furubayashi, Shun'ichi Harada
  • Gateway system
    Publication number: 20020194381
    Abstract: A gateway system comprises a character code conversion table, a data code conversion table, a data format conversion table, and a transmitter/receiver combination table. Concerning data exchange among a plurality of information systems, which are connected in the same network as that connected to this gateway system, the gateway system has a function of checking whether or not combination of a transmitter and a receiver is appropriate by referring to the transmitter/receiver combination table, and a function of performing data format conversion, data code conversion, and character code conversion corresponding to the combination of the transmitter and the receiver by referring to the related tables. In addition, each of the information system is connected to the gateway system via the network, and has a transmitter/receiver combination table and a function of checking validity of transmitter/receiver combination included in received data by referring to this table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Masashi Furubayashi, Shunichi Harada