Patents by Inventor Sajio Ishizuki
Sajio Ishizuki 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: 7574559Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Patent number: 7440925Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2003Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Publication number: 20050177548Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Publication number: 20050171929Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Patent number: 6889204Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Patent number: 6868398Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Publication number: 20040107148Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Publication number: 20030195826Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage
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Publication number: 20020152143Abstract: Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Hideo Tabuchi, Toshio Nakano, Sajio Ishizuki, Isamu Kage