Patents by Inventor Nobuichi Suzuki

Nobuichi Suzuki 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).

  • Master server facilitating communication between slave servers in incompatible data formats, and method for upgrading slave servers
    Patent number: 6738801
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating communications in a hierarchical network between slave servers communicating in a first data format and slave servers communicating in a second data format. A second version of network software which coexists with an existing first version of network software is installed in a master server. The first version of the network software processes data in a first format and the second version of the network software processes data in a second format different from the first format. The master server is provided with a first converting means for converting the first format data to the second format data when a first predetermined event is detected, and a second converting means for converting the second format data to the first format data when a second predetermined event is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasunari Kawaguchi, Nobuichi Suzuki