Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kotabe

Satoshi Kotabe 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).

  • High-speed batch file transfer method and apparatus, and storage medium in which a program for executing the transfer is stored
    Patent number: 6073180
    Abstract: The high speed batch file transfer method according to the present invention comprises a procedure for transferring file data, using a first storage medium and a second storage medium possessing a faster input/output speed than this first storage medium, to a second storage medium while conducting processing such as compression and the like with regard to this file data within a first storage medium before designating a communication link at the first terminal source; designating a communication link following completion of processing with regard to the file data; and batch transferring the file data within the second storage medium to a network card without processing this data; and a mechanism for batch transferring to a second storage medium the aforementioned file data transmitted without processing to the network card, and then transferring this file data to a first storage medium while conducting processing such as expansion and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Onoda, Taro Yoshikawa, Satoshi Kotabe