Patents by Inventor Tomoki Murai

Tomoki Murai 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).

  • Data relay method, its apparatus, and data relay system using the apparatus
    Patent number: 7130307
    Abstract: A plurality of relay apparatuses are provided within an IP network of an ISP, and these relay apparatuses are connected to each other by logical tunnels. Each relay apparatus determines the type of a destination address at the Layer 2 level from the data loaded from a host device. When the type is for broadcast, the relay apparatus identifies a tunnel as a relay destination from the data contents set in correlation with destination addresses at the Layer 3 level, and transmits the data only to the relevant relay destination tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakamura, Tomoki Murai
  • Data relay method, its apparatus, and data relay system using the apparatus
    Publication number: 20020194367
    Abstract: A plurality of relay apparatuses are provided within an IP network of an ISP, and these relay apparatuses are connected to each other by logical tunnels. Each relay apparatus determines the type of a destination address at the Layer 2 level from the data loaded from a host device. When the type is for broadcast, the relay apparatus identifies a tunnel as a relay destination from the data contents set in correlation with destination addresses at the Layer 3 level, and transmits the data only to the relevant relay destination tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakamura, Tomoki Murai