Patents by Inventor Yuichi Suto

Yuichi Suto 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).

  • Patent number: 11941432
    Abstract: In asynchronous processing, processing of a low-order system is checked. A high-order system 1 includes a high-order workflow advancing unit 21 that transmits a processing command for asynchronous processing to a low-order system 2, and a notice processing unit 23 that receives, from the low-order system 2, a notice related to a device command to be executed by a device 3 in the asynchronous processing, and updates progress data 13. The low-order system 2 includes a low-order workflow advancing unit 61 that, upon receiving the processing command from the high-order system 1, transmits a device command to the device, and a notification unit 62 that, when transmission of the device command to the device 3 is detected, notifies the high-order system 1 of the identifier of the device to which the device command was transmitted and the device command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Suto, Atsushi Takada, Aiko Oi
  • Publication number: 20230176561
    Abstract: The control apparatus 1 includes a control unit 21 that controls execution of a workflow including a handling execution process when an alarm indicating a failure is occurred, and an instruction unit that instructs the control unit 21 to stand by execution of the handling execution process when the handling execution process is capable of being executed before a monitoring period started in response to occurrence of an alarm indicating the failure or a recovery expires, and when the monitoring period expires, execute the handling execution process in a case where an alarm that is occurred most recently indicates the failure, and cancel the execution of the handling execution process in a case where the alarm that is occurred most recently indicates the recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Aiko OI, Ryosuke SATO, Yuichi SUTO
  • Publication number: 20230176904
    Abstract: A control device includes: an identification unit identifying a workflow waiting to execute an aggregation object process in aggregation rule data, an aggregation unit associating an identifier of the identified workflow with an aggregation identifier associated with a process that the identified workflow is waiting to execute and an aggregation condition identified from an attribute of the identified workflow in the aggregated data; and an execution unit outputting an instruction to aggregate and execute a process that the workflow associated with the aggregation identifier in the aggregated data is waiting to execute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichi SUTO, Aiko OI, Ryosuke SATO, Kosuke SAKATA, Motomu NAKAJIMA, Yoshikazu HAGIWARA, Tsuyoshi FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11388038
    Abstract: An operation apparatus for outputting a request to a management apparatus which manages a Network Service (NS) constructed on a NetWork (NW) including a core NW serving as a virtualization area and an access NW serving as a non-virtualization area including: a storage unit configured to store new configuration information obtained by updating NW configuration information indicating an NW configuration including devices disposed on the NW due to a fault of the NS, a catalog which is a template of the NS, a record describing a lifecycle of the NS, and an order for requesting the management apparatus to control the NS; an optimal configuration determination unit configured to determine an optimal configuration of the NS based on the new configuration information, the catalog, the record, and the order; and an order generation unit configured to generate a change order for changing an NS configuration of the NS to the optimal configuration determined by the optimal configuration determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Motomu Nakajima, Yuji Soejima, Aiko Oi, Kosuke Sakata, Yuichi Suto, Shingo Horiuchi, Masataka Sato, Kimihiko Fukami
  • Publication number: 20220164219
    Abstract: In asynchronous processing, processing of a low-order system is checked. A high-order system 1 includes a high-order workflow advancing unit 21 that transmits a processing command for asynchronous processing to a low-order system 2, and a notice processing unit 23 that receives, from the low-order system 2, a notice related to a device command to be executed by a device 3 in the asynchronous processing, and updates progress data 13. The low-order system 2 includes a low-order workflow advancing unit 61 that, upon receiving the processing command from the high-order system 1, transmits a device command to the device, and a notification unit 62 that, when transmission of the device command to the device 3 is detected, notifies the high-order system 1 of the identifier of the device to which the device command was transmitted and the device command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi SUTO, Atsushi TAKADA, Aiko OI
  • Patent number: 11303537
    Abstract: A management apparatus is configured to manage a network service (NS) constructed on a network (NW) including a core NW configured to serve as a virtualization area and an access NW configured to serve as a non-virtualization area includes an E2EO configured to control the NS, an SVRO configured to control server-type apparatuses located on the NW, and a NWRO configured to control NW-type apparatuses located on the NW. The E2EO includes a single data center (DC) determination unit configured to determine whether a group of apparatuses used for providing the NS is located in a single DC. The group of apparatuses is designated by an order acquired from an upper level apparatus U. Among the NW-type apparatuses, ToRs located in the DC are controlled by the SVRO, instead of by the NWRO, when it is determined that the group of apparatuses is located in the single DC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Suto, Aiko Oi, Motomu Nakajima, Yuji Soejima
  • Publication number: 20210367863
    Abstract: [Problem] To improve performance of NS management. [Solution] A management apparatus M for managing an NS constructed on an NW including a virtualization area and a non-virtualization area includes a request reception unit 11 configured to acquire an NS generation order including an input parameter required for designating a server-side apparatus and an NW-side apparatus, from an external apparatus, and a catalog DB 17 that stores a catalog serving as a template of the NS. The catalog includes an NSD being a portion in which a configuration of the NS is described and having a plurality of types of information sets defining a group of constituent elements of the NS in a selectable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Motomu Nakajima, Yuichi Suto, Yuji Soejima, Aiko OI, Kosuke Sakata
  • Publication number: 20210168048
    Abstract: [Problem] Service responsiveness of a service provided by an intra-DC apparatus is improved. [Solution] A management apparatus M is configured to manage a network service (NS) constructed on a network (NW) including a core NW configured to serve as a virtualization area and an access NW configured to serve as a non-virtualization area includes an E2EO 1 configured to control the NS, an SYRO 2 configured to control server-type apparatuses located on the NW, and a NWRO 3 configured to control NW-type apparatuses located on the NW. The E2EO 1 includes a single data center (DC) determination unit 121 configured to determine whether a group of apparatuses used for providing the NS is located in a single DC. The group of apparatuses is designated by an order acquired from an upper level apparatus U. Among the NW-type apparatuses. ToRs 4 and 4a located in the DC are controlled by the SVRO 2, instead of by the NWRO 3, when it is determined that the group of apparatuses is located in the single DC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yuichi Suto, Aiko Oi, Motomu Nakajima, Yuji Soejima
  • Publication number: 20210097470
    Abstract: [Problem] A task content performed by a worker having a task environment which changes every moment is required to be easily recognized. [Solution] A business management apparatus 10 includes a worker operation information acquisition unit 102 configured to continuously acquire worker operation information during an operation time of a worker W, the worker operation information including at least any of an action and a location in the operation time, during the operation time, a task content estimation unit 106 configured to estimate a content of a task performed by the worker W during a predetermined time slot in the operation time based on worker operation information, and an operation history recording unit 110 configured to record the content of the task and a time slot in which the task is performed, as operation history information of the worker W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yuichi Suto, Manabu Nishio
  • Publication number: 20210051056
    Abstract: An operation apparatus for outputting a request to a management apparatus which manages a Network Service (NS) constructed on a NetWork (NW) including a core NW serving as a virtualization area and an access NW serving as a non-virtualization area including: a storage unit configured to store new configuration information obtained by updating NW configuration information indicating an NW configuration including devices disposed on the NW due to a fault of the NS, a catalog which is a template of the NS, a record describing a lifecycle of the NS, and an order for requesting the management apparatus to control the NS; an optimal configuration determination unit configured to determine an optimal configuration of the NS based on the new configuration information, the catalog, the record, and the order; and an order generation unit configured to generate a change order for changing an NS configuration of the NS to the optimal configuration determined by the optimal configuration determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Motomu Nakajima, Yuji Soejima, Aiko OI, Kosuke Sakata, Yuichi Suto, Shingo Horiuchi, Masataka Sato, Kimihiko Fukami