Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu USUBA

Toshimitsu USUBA 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).

  • SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210165886
    Abstract: A security risk management system (305) of the present disclosure includes a server (310) and an agent unit (320) included in a terminal. The server (310) transmits vulnerability information to the agent unit (320) before the release date and time of the vulnerability information. The agent unit (320) investigates the presence or absence of vulnerabilities in the terminal based on information regarding a method for vulnerability investigation contained in the vulnerability information, and transmits vulnerability investigation results containing the investigation results to the server (310) before the release date and time of the vulnerability information. The server (310) presents the vulnerability information and the vulnerability investigation results on or after the release date and time of the vulnerability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimitsu USUBA
  • Security risk management system, server, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 10860722
    Abstract: A security risk management system (305) of the present disclosure includes a server (310) and an agent unit (320) included in a terminal. The server (310) transmits vulnerability information to the agent unit (320) before the release date and time of the vulnerability information. The agent unit (320) investigates the presence or absence of vulnerabilities in the terminal based on information regarding a method for vulnerability investigation contained in the vulnerability information, and transmits vulnerability investigation results containing the investigation results to the server (310) before the release date and time of the vulnerability information. The server (310) presents the vulnerability information and the vulnerability investigation results on or after the release date and time of the vulnerability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimitsu Usuba
  • SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20190080095
    Abstract: A security risk management system (305) of the present disclosure includes a server (310) and an agent unit (320) included in a terminal. The server (310) transmits vulnerability information to the agent unit (320) before the release date and time of the vulnerability information. The agent unit (320) investigates the presence or absence of vulnerabilities in the terminal based on information regarding a method for vulnerability investigation contained in the vulnerability information, and transmits vulnerability investigation results containing the investigation results to the server (310) before the release date and time of the vulnerability information. The server (310) presents the vulnerability information and the vulnerability investigation results on or after the release date and time of the vulnerability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimitsu USUBA
  • Information processing apparatus, file encryption determination method and authority determination method
    Patent number: 8793507
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an application operation file information holding unit 101 that holds application operation file information that is information related to a file operated by an application since activation of the application and includes information indicating whether the application has opened one or more encrypted files, and an encryption determination unit 102 that determines, with respect to an arbitrary file closed by an arbitrary application, whether the file is subjected to be encrypted based on the held application operation file information with regard to the application that has performed the closing operation of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshimitsu Usuba
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FILE ENCRYPTION DETERMINATION METHOD AND AUTHORITY DETERMINATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20130246806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an application operation file information holding unit 101 that holds application operation file information that is information related to a file operated by an application since activation of the application and includes information indicating whether the application has opened one or more encrypted files, and an encryption determination unit 102 that determines, with respect to an arbitrary file closed by an arbitrary application, whether the file is subjected to be encrypted based on the held application operation file information with regard to the application that has performed the closing operation of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshimitsu USUBA