Patents by Inventor Naohiro KATSURA

Naohiro KATSURA 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 system and management computer controlling method
    Patent number: 9690610
    Abstract: In a computer system having a plurality of integrated systems of servers and storage apparatuses and having a management computer, each of the plurality of integrated systems has a plurality of resources having different ratios, and the management computer, depending on the ratios of the plurality of resources required for a work, selects an integrated system in which the work is executed from the plurality of integrated systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Katsura, Yuta Eno, Takashi Chikusa
  • COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT COMPUTER CONTROLLING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160246625
    Abstract: In a computer system having a plurality of integrated systems of servers and storage apparatuses and having a management computer, each of the plurality of integrated systems has a plurality of resources having different ratios, and the management computer, depending on the ratios of the plurality of resources required for a work, selects an integrated system in which the work is executed from the plurality of integrated systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro KATSURA, Yuta ENO, Takashi CHIKUSA
  • Integrated system and firmware update method
    Patent number: 9207929
    Abstract: Proposed are an integrated system and a firmware update method capable of facilitating the update of firmware and alleviating the burden of the administrator. In an integrated system comprising a computer, a storage device, a connecting device and a management computer, the management computer stores in a memory and manages, as a firmware version of the integrated system, information indicating a combination of operation-guaranteed firmware versions regarding firmware versions of each of the devices of the computer, the storage device and the connecting device, and, upon updating firmware of each of the devices of the computer, the storage device and the connecting device, collectively updates the firmware of each of the devices of the computer, the storage device and the connecting device based on the firmware version of the integrated system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Naohiro Katsura
  • INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND FIRMWARE UPDATE METHOD
    Publication number: 20150169313
    Abstract: Proposed are an integrated system and a firmware update method capable of facilitating the update of firmware and alleviating the burden of the administrator. In an integrated system comprising a computer, a storage device, a connecting device and a management computer, the management computer stores in a memory and manages, as a firmware version of the integrated system, information indicating a combination of operation-guaranteed firmware versions regarding firmware versions of each of the devices of the computer, the storage device and the connecting device, and, upon updating firmware of each of the devices of the computer, the storage device and the connecting device, collectively updates the firmware of each of the devices of the computer, the storage device and the connecting device based on the firmware version of the integrated system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naohiro KATSURA