Patents by Inventor Motohisa Araki
Motohisa Araki 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).
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Patent number: 8588388Abstract: According to one embodiment, a telephone system includes a plurality of telephone terminals, a first server apparatus and a second server apparatus. The first server apparatus includes a license authentication module and a transmission controller. The license authentication module performs license authentication by comparing a terminal ID included in a registration request with a terminal ID stored in the license memory. The transmission controller reads from the license memory a license authentication code corresponding to a telephone terminal, and transmits to the telephone terminal a license authentication code added check information.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yasumasa Sasaki, Motohisa Araki, Toshio Nishida, Yoshimitsu Ebisawa
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Patent number: 8532007Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server apparatus for executing communication connection between a first terminal being connected to a first communication network, and a second terminal being connected to a second communication network, includes a memory, an acquisition module and a controller. The memory stores an electric quantity table and a media determining table. The acquisition module acquires remaining information of the battery from the first terminal. The controller refers to the electric quantity table and the media determining table to select a communication media based on the acquired remaining amount information of the battery and consumed electricity by the first terminal. When a request for the first terminal is received, controller assigns the selected communication media to the first terminal, when the battery remaining amount of the first terminal varies during communication, the controller re-determines to change the communication media.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Motohisa Araki
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Publication number: 20120307994Abstract: According to one embodiment, a telephone system includes a plurality of telephone terminals, a first server apparatus and a second server apparatus. The first server apparatus includes a license authentication module and a transmission controller. The license authentication module performs license authentication by comparing a terminal ID included in a registration request with a terminal ID stored in the license memory. The transmission controller reads from the license memory a license authentication code corresponding to a telephone terminal, and transmits to the telephone terminal a license authentication code added check information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Yasumasa Sasaki, Motohisa Araki, Toshio Nishida, Yoshimitsu Ebisawa
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Patent number: 8295281Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication terminal connected to an internal communication network, a second communication terminal connected to an external communication network arranged in an area, and a connection device which connects the internal communication network and external communication network to each other, wherein the second communication terminal includes means for storing first transmission-destination identifying information included in the data area of a communication packet transmitted from the first communication terminal, means for comparing the first transmission-destination identifying information and second transmission-destination identifying information included in the header area of a communication packet, means for adding the second transmission-destination identifying information to the communication packet to be transmitted to the first communication terminal when the first transmission-destination identifying information and the second transmission-destination identType: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Motohisa Araki, Shuichi Sato
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Publication number: 20110268107Abstract: According to one embodiment, a registry proxy server apparatus includes a connector, a register controller, a monitor and a change controller. The connector connects a plurality of IP telephone servers registering a plurality of IP telephone terminals and including a normal mode and an ecology mode. The register controller determines an arbitrary IP telephone server and allows the determined server to perform registry a IP telephone terminal as request source. The monitor monitors respective operational states of the plurality of IP telephone terminals and the plurality of IP telephone servers. The change controller changes an operation mode of at least one of the plurality of IP telephone servers based on a monitoring result obtained by the monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Motohisa Araki, Takanori Kaji
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Publication number: 20110249670Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server apparatus for executing communication connection between a first terminal being connected to a first communication network, and a second terminal being connected to a second communication network, includes a memory, an acquisition module and a controller. The memory stores an electric quantity table and a media determining table. The acquisition module acquires remaining information of the battery from the first terminal. The controller refers to the electric quantity table and the media determining table to select a communication media based on the acquired remaining amount information of the battery and consumed electricity by the first terminal. When a request for the first terminal is received, controller assigns the selected communication media to the first terminal, when the battery remaining amount of the first terminal varies during communication, the controller re-determines to change the communication media.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventor: Motohisa Araki
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Patent number: 7804828Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication method comprises receiving, in a first communication network for example, a packet from a terminal connected to a second communication network. The packet includes source address information therein. A determination is made whether the source address information had been changed from an original address used in the second communication network to a changed address used in the first communication address. The changed address being associated with the terminal is stored and the source address information including the changed address is provided to a terminal connected to the first communication network. Communications are supported using the source address information between the terminal connected to the first communication network and the terminal connected to the second communication network.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuhiro Kobashi, Motohisa Araki, Shuichi Sato
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Patent number: 7778623Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a first terminal to be connected to a first communication network, assigned a terminal ID and driven by power supplied from a battery, a server apparatus to be connected to a second communication network differing from the first network, to periodically confirm presences of the first terminal and a second terminal to be connected to the second communication network, and to communication-connect between the first and the second terminals in the case of presences thereof, and a controller which makes the server apparatus monitor that the first terminal is present on the first communication network by a second period longer than a first period monitoring that the second terminal is present on the second communication network.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Motohisa Araki, Kenichi Kitazawa
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Publication number: 20100128719Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a memory configured to store a management table, wherein the management table showing a correspondence relationship among the terminal ID, a remaining amount of the battery, and an additional service concerning call origination and call termination, an acquisition module configured to acquire remaining information of the battery from the first terminal, and a controller configured to refer to the management table based on the remaining information of the battery, when an execution request for the additional service is issued, and execute an additional service corresponding to the remaining amount of the battery based on a reference result of the management table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventor: Motohisa Araki
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Publication number: 20090074172Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a recorder which temporarily holds the processed information of the file in a buffer including a storage capacity smaller than storage capacity of the storage device during file processing, and a controller which transfers the processed information of the file recorded in the buffer to the storage device to write the processed information therein, when the amount of the processed information to be stored in the buffer reaches the maximum storage capacity of the buffer or when the processing of the file ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Motohisa Araki, Shuichi Sato
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Publication number: 20080101564Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a first terminal connected to an IP network and communicates with a second terminal through the IP network and a server apparatus including a controller that controls a communication between the first and second terminals. The first terminal includes a transmitter that transmits an instruction data for activating an additional function in response to a request operation for activating the additional function while the first terminal communicates with the second terminal. The controller of the server apparatus analyzes a received data by the server apparatus. When it is analyzed that the received data includes the instruction data for activating the additional function, the controller performs the additional function based on the instruction data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Motohisa ARAKI
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Publication number: 20070202837Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a first terminal to be connected to a first communication network, assigned a terminal ID and driven by power supplied from a battery, a server apparatus to be connected to a second communication network differing from the first network, to periodically confirm presences of the first terminal and a second terminal to be connected to the second communication network, and to communication-connect between the first and the second terminals in the case of presences thereof, and a controller which makes the server apparatus monitor that the first terminal is present on the first communication network by a second period longer than a first period monitoring that the second terminal is present on the second communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Motohisa Araki, Kenichi Kitazawa
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Publication number: 20070091876Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a memory which stores a management table in which the terminal IDs, the connection IDs, connection positions of the telephone terminals to the first connection network, and pieces of position information representing the connection positions of the connection apparatuses are caused to correspond to each other, and a controller which refers to the management table based on the terminal ID of a telephone terminal serving as a source, when an outgoing request of emergency notification to the second communication network is generated in the telephone terminals, selects a connection apparatus which is closest to the telephone terminal serving as the source based on the reference result, and executes outgoing control from the selected connection apparatus to the second communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventors: Motohisa Araki, Takahiro Izawa
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Patent number: 7174458Abstract: Each time one of a predetermined n number of authentication ports is accessed by a client terminal, a server checks to see if all of the n number of authentication ports have been accessed. If all of the n number of authentication ports have been accessed, the server determines that it has succeeded in authenticating the client terminal, opens its communications port to the terminal, and gives right of access to the client terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2002Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Motohisa Araki, Toshio Murai
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Publication number: 20060256777Abstract: An exchange apparatus includes an acquisition circuit to acquire transmission-source identification information included in the header areas and transmission-source ID included in the data areas of the communication packets received from each of a plurality of communication terminals to be connection objects when communication terminals are connected with one another, a detector which detects that conversion of the transmission-source ID is made by comparing the transmission-source ID included in the header areas to the transmission-source ID included in the data areas, and a notification circuit to notify the transmission-source ID included in the header areas, as addresses for telephone conversations, to a plurality of communication terminals to be connection objects, when the detector detected that the conversion of the transmission-source ID is made.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Shingo Kimura, Kazuhiro Kobashi, Motohisa Araki, Shuichi Sato
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Publication number: 20060002375Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication method comprises receiving, in a first communication network for example, a packet from a terminal connected to a second communication network. The packet includes source address information therein. A determination is made whether the source address information had been changed from an original address used in the second communication network to a changed address used in the first communication address. The changed address being associated with the terminal is stored and the source address information including the changed address is provided to a terminal connected to the first communication network. Communications are supported using the source address information between the terminal connected to the first communication network and the terminal connected to the second communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobashi, Motohisa Araki, Shuichi Sato
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Publication number: 20060002395Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication terminal connected to an internal communication network, a second communication terminal connected to an external communication network arranged in an area and a connection device which connects the internal communication network and external communication network to each other, the second communication terminal includes means for storing a first transmission-destination identifying information included the data area of communication packet transmitted from the first communication terminal, means for comparing the first transmission-destination identifying information and a second transmission-destination identifying information included the header area of communication packet, means for adding the second transmission-destination identifying information to the communication packet to be transmitted to the first communication terminal, when the first transmission-destination identifying information and the second transmission-destination identifying informaType: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Motohisa Araki, Shuichi Sato
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Publication number: 20040258021Abstract: A computer program, which is used to voice talking to cause an information terminal to execute voice talking, managing an ID of the information terminal and a first address over a first network, stores instructions for execution on a computer system enabling the computer system to perform determining that the information terminal moves over a second network which is different from the first network, acquiring a second address over the second network, and transmitting a request for re-registering a combination of the second address and the ID instead of the first address into another device having a combination of the first address and the ID registered therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Shinichi Kashimoto, Motohisa Araki
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Patent number: 6643291Abstract: A multimedia information system comprises first and second communication terminal apparatuses for exchanging information data using a common first communication protocol or first and second communication protocols which are different from each other, a first communication network for transmitting information data in accordance with a third communication protocol different from the first and second communication protocols, and first and second communication interface apparatuses for respectively connecting the first and second communication terminal apparatuses to the first communication network, the first communication interface apparatus comprises first conversion means for converting information data in accordance with the first and third communication protocols between the first communication terminal apparatus and the first communication network, and the second communication interface apparatus comprises second conversion means for converting information data in accordance with the second and third communType: GrantFiled: February 17, 1999Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Katsunori Yoshihara, Toshio Murai, Shuichi Sato, Shinichi Kashimoto, Motohisa Araki, Shinichi Shishino
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Publication number: 20030056097Abstract: Each time one of a predetermined n number of authentication ports is accessed by a client terminal, a server checks to see if all of the n number of authentication ports have been accessed. If all of the n number of authentication ports have been accessed, the server determines that it has succeeded in authenticating the client terminal, opens its communications port to the terminal, and gives right of access to the client terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA.Inventors: Motohisa Araki, Toshio Murai