Patents by Inventor Takaomi Furoku

Takaomi Furoku 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).

  • Storage apparatus, control apparatus, and storage apparatus control method
    Patent number: 8938596
    Abstract: In a storage apparatus, when a received backup instruction is a backup start instruction, a control unit performs a backup process from a position indicated by an available area start pointer. When the received backup instruction is a backup end instruction, the control unit releases an allocated backup area. In addition, the control unit determines whether the released backup area is adjacent to a position indicated by an available area end pointer. If determining that the released backup are is adjacent to the position indicated by the available area end pointer, the control unit moves the available area end pointer indicating the end of an available area to the end of the released backup area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Endoh, Hideaki Takahashi, Takaomi Furoku, Hideyuki Tanaka, Hajime Kondo
  • STORAGE APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20130086345
    Abstract: In a storage apparatus, when a received backup instruction is a backup start instruction, a control unit performs a backup process from a position indicated by an available area start pointer. When the received backup instruction is a backup end instruction, the control unit releases an allocated backup area. In addition, the control unit determines whether the released backup area is adjacent to a position indicated by an available area end pointer. If determining that the released backup are is adjacent to the position indicated by the available area end pointer, the control unit moves the available area end pointer indicating the end of an available area to the end of the released backup area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hajime Endoh, Hideaki Takahashi, Takaomi Furoku, Hideyuki Tanaka, Hajime Kondo