Patents by Inventor Naotsugu Toume

Naotsugu Toume 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: 20150229644
    Abstract: Provided is an access control method of a terminal which is coupled with an administration device in a schedule storage unit, location information corresponding to a timestamp of a possessor of a terminal. The terminal acquires location information and timestamp information, and transmits to the administration device an identifier of the possessor of the terminal, the location information, and the timestamp information. The administration device compares the received user's identifier, the received location information, and the received timestamp information, with location information which corresponds to the timestamp of the possessor. If it is determined that a conflict has occurred with the location information and the timestamp information, a current task state of the possessor is estimated from history information of a person associated with the possessor, and the task state is transmitted to the terminal. The terminal controls access to applications and data according to the received task state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Nozawa, Naotsugu Toume, Yuji Mizote
  • Patent number: 8250205
    Abstract: A business process management computer, when the load of a service execution computer etc. is increased, determines the condition of a service call step which is calling a service execution unit, etc. of said service execution computer, etc. If said condition is the bottleneck condition, it determines the condition of the service call step in other process which is calling said service execution unit, etc. If there is no condition other than the bottleneck in that condition, the addition of the resource for said service execution computer, etc. is determined and if there is a condition in which the throughput can be limited, it is determined that the throughput should be limited. In a process which is configured with a plurality of service call steps, when the resource insufficiency has occurred, a means to make the adequate addition of the resource possible can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishizawa, Atsushi Hatakeyama, Naotsugu Toume, Ryo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20120185839
    Abstract: It is provided a program execution method, for executing an application program including at least one processing module. The at least one processing module includes at least one process, and being managed with an identification. The method includes the steps of: determining whether the processing module to be executed needs modification by comparing the identification of a running processing module and the identification of a deployed processing module; determining the identification of the processing module to be executed based on history information, which indicates whether the each process included in the at least one processing module has been executed, and on information indicating a different process between the at least one process included in the running processing module and the at least one process included in the deployed processing module; and calling up the processing module by specifying the identification of the determined processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Nikaido, Koichi Shimazaki, Naotsugu Toume
  • Patent number: 8156091
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a data processing program for use in a data processing system is provided, the system including the data processing apparatus which includes an RDBMS storing information shared among a plurality of organizations and a business application execution apparatus which is employed when either one of the organizations uses the information stored in the RDBMS of the data processing apparatus and which is communicably connected to the data processing apparatus. An inherent item table managed by the data processing apparatus is kept unchanged even if an organization is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naotsugu Toume
  • Publication number: 20100235380
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a data processing program for use in a data processing system is provided, the system including the data processing apparatus which includes an RDBMS storing information shared among a plurality of organizations and a business application execution apparatus which is employed when either one of the organizations uses the information stored in the RDBMS of the data processing apparatus and which is communicably connected to the data processing apparatus. An inherent item table managed by the data processing apparatus is kept unchanged even if an organization is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Naotsugu Toume
  • Publication number: 20090172122
    Abstract: Provided is a method of transmitting a message in a business process management system that includes a service execution device providing services and a business process management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotsugu Toume, Koichi Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20090031321
    Abstract: A business process management computer, when the load of a service execution computer etc. is increased, determines the condition of a service call step which is calling a service execution unit, etc. of said service execution computer, etc. If said condition is the bottleneck condition, it determines the condition of the service call step in other process which is calling said service execution unit, etc. If there is no condition other than the bottleneck in that condition, the addition of the resource for said service execution computer, etc. is determined and if there is a condition in which the throughput can be limited, it is determined that the throughput should be limited. In a process which is configured with a plurality of service call steps, when the resource insufficiency has occurred, a means to make the adequate addition of the resource possible can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi ISHIZAWA, Atsushi Hatakeyama, Naotsugu Toume, Ryo Kawai
  • Patent number: 7447863
    Abstract: A storage resource management system includes a storage apparatus having one or more pieces of volumes and a management computer. The management computer holds volume characteristic information and use field sort volume information. The management computer executes a single use field portion allocating sequence for allocating the use fields to volumes having volume characteristics suitable for a single use field from volume characteristics described in the use field sort volume information, and also, executes a plural use fields common portion allocating sequence for allocating volumes having volume characteristics suitable for the plural use fields to any use field. Since the sequences are executed by the management computer, such a use field sort volume allocation information is formed which has described that one use field in maximum is allocated to the volume, namely one use field is allocated thereto, or none of these use fields is allocated to the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotsugu Toume, Nobuo Beniyama, Kiyoshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 7305536
    Abstract: The data migration method of this invention is for a computer system. The data migration method is characterized in that the storage system measures, for each logical volume, a used I/O amount and a storage capacity of the logical volume, the management computer manages the logical volumes in groups by storing the association relation between the logical volumes and the groups, the management computer obtains, from the storage system, the used I/O amount of the logical volume and storage capacity, which are measured by the storage system, the management computer identifies a logical volume to which data is to be moved based on the ratio of the obtained I/O amount of the logical volume to the obtained storage capacity of the logical volume, and the management computer instructs the storage system to move data from the data's original logical volume to the logical volume designated as the migration destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Tabata, Naotsugu Toume, Fuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20070255922
    Abstract: A storage resource management system includes a storage apparatus having one or more pieces of volumes and a management computer. The management computer holds volume characteristic information and use field sort volume information. The management computer executes a single use field portion allocating sequence for allocating the use fields to volumes having volume characteristics suitable for a single use field from volume characteristics described in the use field sort volume information, and also, executes a plural use fields common portion allocating sequence for allocating volumes having volume characteristics suitable for the plural use fields to any use field. Since the sequences are executed by the management computer, such a use field sort volume allocation information is formed which has described that one use field in maximum is allocated to the volume, namely one use field is allocated thereto, or none of these use fields is allocated to the volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Naotsugu Toume, Nobuo Beniyama, Kiyoshi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20070050588
    Abstract: The data migration method of this invention is for a computer system. The data migration method is characterized in that the storage system measures, for each logical volume, a used I/O amount and a storage capacity of the logical volume, the management computer manages the logical volumes in groups by storing the association relation between the logical volumes and the groups, the management computer obtains, from the storage system, the used I/O amount of the logical volume and storage capacity, which are measured by the storage system, the management computer identifies a logical volume to which data is to be moved based on the ratio of the obtained I/O amount of the logical volume to the obtained storage capacity of the logical volume, and the management computer instructs the storage system to move data from the data's original logical volume to the logical volume designated as the migration destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Shunya Tabata, Naotsugu Toume, Fuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20030204525
    Abstract: An application control method to control operations of applications by solving logical names described by development descriptors is provided. The method includes at least the step to create an allocation list that indicates allocation rules to allocate physical values to logical names described in applications, and the step to allocate physical values to the logical names described in the executed application according to an application status and the allocation rules in the allocation list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naotsugu Toume, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Jun Yoshida, Yuji Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Yamamoto