Patents by Inventor Sumie TOMIYAMA

Sumie TOMIYAMA 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).

  • PACKET RELAY APPARATUS AND PACKET RELAY METHOD
    Publication number: 20180159798
    Abstract: There are provided a packet relay apparatus and a packet relay method capable of reducing the load of processing a packet in an apparatus to which the packet is to be relayed. The packet relay apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive a packet; a management unit configured to add transfer information to the packet received by the reception unit and output the packet, the transfer information indicating that the packet is a packet transferred by the packet relay apparatus; and a relay unit configured to transmit the packet to an apparatus to which the packet is to be relayed, without adding the transfer information, when the packet received from the management unit has the transfer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sumie TOMIYAMA, Satoru HATTORI