Fujitsu Assigned Eighteen Patents

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, packet control
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,735,349) developed by Yamashima, Hiroyuki, and Suzuki, Kazuhiro, Kawasaki, Japan, for “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, packet control method, and packet control device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including writing, to a memory, a packet obtained by copying a packet being transmitted, reading, from the memory, the packet to be transferred to a device that diagnoses a communication state, selecting, from packets stored in the memory, one or more packets subjected to at least one of a connection procedure and a disconnection procedure in a predetermined protocol, and discarding, from the memory, one or more packets other than the one or more selected packets.”

The patent application was filed on November 2, 2018 (16/178,652).

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, data generating
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,733,319) developed by Hakamata, Yukari, Hakamata, Junki, Yokohama, Japan, Kataoka, Masahiro, Kamakura, Japan, and Natsume, Kota, Kawasaki, Japan, for “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, data generating method, and data generating apparatus.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to execute a process including acquiring a first data file including a plurality of first records each having a first data value of a first data item and a second data value of a second data item, generating first association information indicating a correspondence between a plurality of first data values and coded data values, encoding the first data file, encrypting the first association information, obtaining a plurality of data values of the second data item in a second data file, specifying the plurality of first data values, in the plurality of first records, corresponding to the plurality of data values in the second data files, specifying a plurality of coded data values, in the encoded first data file, corresponding to the plurality of specified first data values, and merging the second data file and the plurality of specified coded data values.”

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2018 (15/927,161).

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, information outputting
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,726,210) developed by Yoshida, Takuya, Kawasaki, Japan, and Takagi, Ryuichi, Nakano, Japan, for “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, information outputting method, and information processing apparatus.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including receiving a first text written in a first language, generating a second text written in a second language, the second text being generated by translating the first text into the second language, generating a third text written in the first language, the third text being generated by translating the second text into the first language, specifying one or more first words included in the third text, extracting one or more documents including the one or more first words from a plurality of documents stored in a storage device, and outputting information regarding the one or more extracted documents.”

The patent application was filed on May 9, 2018 (15/975,021).

Storage and connection control
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,725,874) developed by Ogawa, Junichi, Tachikawa, Japan, for “storage system and connection control device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A second connection control device includes a processor. The processor receives a reception notification that notifies that a first connection control device has received a first connection request from a first main control device. The first connection request requests to establish a first connection with a first storage device via a first communication route through the first connection control device. The processor transmits a third connection request to the first storage device upon receiving the reception notification. The third connection request requests to establish a third connection with the first storage device. The processor transmits a success notification to the first main control device upon receiving a second connection request after the third connection is established. The success notification indicates that a second connection is established. The second connection request requests to establish the second connection with the first storage device via a second communication route.”

The patent application was filed on August 9, 2018 (16/059,090).

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recording program for applying license to generated virtual machine
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,725,811) developed by Matsueda, Tomoya, Tsuji, Yoshiro, Shizuoka, Japan, Tandokoro, Hisashi, Yaizu, Japan, and Ishii, Akio, Yokohama, Japan, for “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recording program for applying license to generated virtual machine, control method, and information processing apparatus.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including generating a virtual machine when a processing load regarding one or more virtual machines on which a software runs exceeds a threshold, determining whether a number of first type licenses of the software used for the one or more virtual machines is less than a predetermined number, the first type licenses being flat-rate licenses for a given period or permanently, obtaining a second type license of the software when the number of first type licenses is no less than the predetermined number, the second type license being a pay-for-use billing license, and applying the second type license to the generated virtual machine.”

The patent application was filed on March 19, 2018 (15/925,090).

Hierarchical storage device, hierarchical storage control, computer-readable recording medium having hierarchical storage control program recorded
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,725,710) developed by Oe, Kazuichi, Yokohama, Japan, for “hierarchical storage device, hierarchical storage control device, computer-readable recording medium having hierarchical storage control program recorded thereon, and hierarchical storage control method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The hierarchical storage device includes: a collecting unit collecting access information related to each unit area included in a first storage device, a first specifying unit specifying a movement target area in the first storage device using a first parameter based on the access information collected by the collecting unit, a second specifying unit specifying a movement target area candidate in the first storage device using each parameter based on the access information, a counting unit counting a number of occurrences of data accesses to the movement target area candidate specified per parameter by the second specifying unit, based on the access information, and an updating unit determining as a recommended parameter the parameter whose number of occurrences of data accesses counted by the counting unit is the largest, and updating the first parameter used by the first specifying unit using the recommended parameter, and can efficiently exhibit device performance.”

The patent application was filed on March 10, 2016 (15/065,953).

Storage controlling, recording medium for recording storage control program
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,725,665) developed by Abe, Marie, Nimura, Koutarou, and Imamura, Hiroshi, Kawasaki, Japan, for “storage controlling apparatus, recording medium for recording storage control program and storage controlling method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage controlling apparatus, includes: a memory configured to store a program, and a processor configured to control a plurality of storage devices based on the program, wherein the processor: collects information relating to a data access performed for the plurality of storage devices, and decides performance degradation of a first storage device from among the plurality of storage devices based on a response achievement time period for a first data access request performed for the first storage device, and a response time period average value and a response time period standard deviation which are calculated based on response achievement time periods with respect to a plurality of data access requests performed for the first storage device before the first data access request.”

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2018 (15/961,938).

Apparatus for memory control
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,720,202) developed by Maeda, Masazumi, Yokohama, Japan, and Higurashi, Kazuko, Kawasaki, Japan, for an “apparatus for memory control.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An apparatus for memory control includes a data storage area configured to store data indicative of a distribution of total current consumption required for a write operation as measured with respect to one or more nonvolatile memory devices of a first type, and a control apparatus configured to evaluate, based on the data indicative of the distribution, a degree to which a total amount of current consumption required for a write operation with respect to a memory area in a nonvolatile memory device of the same first type, regarding a current flowing from a power supply to the nonvolatile memory device during the write operation, is deviated toward larger total current consumptions in the distribution, thereby determining whether the memory area is satisfactory.”

The patent application was filed on August 9, 2019 (16/536,360).

Information processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,719,556) developed by Nomura, Yuji, Nagoya, Japan, for “information processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium storing information processing program.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”When a control unit performs a first operation on a data group, the control unit registers operation information corresponding to the data group in transfer control information. When the control unit extracts the data group as a transfer target, the control unit temporarily stores the corresponding operation information as stored information and transfers the data group to a storage apparatus. When the control unit performs a second operation on the data group while the data group is being transferred, the control unit updates the operation information registered in the transfer control information. When the transfer of the data group is completed, the control unit compares the operation information registered in the transfer control information with the stored information. If these items of information do not match, the control unit retransfers the data group to the storage apparatus.”

The patent application was filed on October 29, 2018 (16/172,909).

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, process distribution
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,715,590) developed by Sato, Masahiro, Yokohama, Japan, for “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, process distribution apparatus and process distribution method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process including acquiring, for each of a plurality of applications executed on a plurality of virtual machines, an amount of traffic of packets transmitted to any of a plurality of CPUs, identifying, for each of the plurality of applications, a CPU to which packets are transmitted, calculating, for each of the plurality of CPUs, a total amount of traffic of packets that are received by the CPU, identifying, among the plurality of CPUs, a specific CPU of which the calculated total amount exceeds a predetermined threshold, identifying, among applications those transmit packets to the specific CPU, a specific application, and identifying, among the plurality of virtual machines, a specific virtual machine, a CPU to which packets are transmitted from the specific application being changed by moving the specific application to the specific virtual machine.”

The patent application was filed on October 31, 2018 (16/175,911).

Storage management apparatus, storage, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,712,973) developed by Takagawa, Tomoshi, and Kono, Fumihiko, Nagoya, Japan, for “storage management apparatus, storage system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein storage management program.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage management apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to: identify a type of a storage apparatus based on a result of reception of a state information on the storage apparatus, execute first processing to receive, when the identified type is a first storage apparatus, first performance information on the first storage apparatus from the first storage apparatus, and store the first performance information in a database as data of a table coordinating the first performance information for each time period of reception, execute second processing to receive, when the identified type is a second storage apparatus, second performance information on the second storage apparatus from the second storage apparatus, and store the second performance information in the memory as data of a text-format file, and switch an execution between the first processing and the second processing depending on the identified type.”

The patent application was filed on February 22, 2019 (16/283,389).

Storage control device
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,712,966) developed by Abe, Keima, Kumabe, Takuro, Kobayashi, Akihito, Kawasaki, Japan, and Sakai, Motohiro, Nerima, Japan, for a “storage control device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage control device includes a processor configured to receive access information indicating a start position and an end position of an access area in a first volume. The processor is configured to determine, based on one or more pieces of the received access information, whether a number of blocks in a cache area is reduced as a whole by changing a position of data in the first volume. The blocks are used in response to an access to the access area and correspond to one or more unit areas in the first volume. The one or more unit areas include the access area. The processor is configured to change the position of the data in the first volume upon determining that the number of the blocks in the cache area is reduced as a whole by changing the position of the data in the first volume.”

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2018 (16/023,920).

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, robot transfer time estimation
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,712,725) developed by Masuda, Yasuyuki, Kawasaki, Japan, and Ozaki, Yukio, Yokohama, Japan, for “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, robot transfer time estimation method, and robot transfer time estimation device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process including: acquiring transfer times of straight transfer paths for a hand of a vertical articulated robot having at least four controlled axes, calculating a vector of each of the straight transfer paths, comparing a direction of a vector of a target path for which a transfer time is to be estimated with a direction of the vector of each of the straight transfer paths, and identifying, among the straight transfer paths, a transfer path most similar in vector direction to the target path, and estimating a transfer time of the target path, in accordance with a scalar quantity of a vector of an identified transfer path, a scalar quantity of the vector of the target path, and a transfer time of the identified transfer path.”

The patent application was filed on February 23, 2018 (15/903,079).

Content verification, verifying content, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,706,279) developed by Tanaka, Hiroshi, Ota, Japan, and Segawa, Eigo, Kawasaki, Japan, for “content verification apparatus, method for verifying content, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for verifying content, the program executing a process includes identifying, among a plurality of elements included in a content to be verified and displayed in two browsers that display the content respectively, a dynamic element whose attribute relating to display changes over time or whose element image changes over time in at least one of the two browsers, and identifying an area in which displayed content is different between the two browsers by comparing element images of the plurality of elements other than the dynamic element between the two browsers.”

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2018 (16/049,758).

Storage device and method
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,698,820) developed by Nishi, Hidetoshi, Nagano, Japan, for “storage device and storage method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes a cache memory and a processor configured to perform, in accordance with an amount of dirty data stored in the cache memory, a determination of a first physical volume and a first logical volume placed in the first physical volume from the plurality of physical volumes and the plurality of logical volumes placed in the plurality of physical volumes, perform selection, from a first plurality of physical volumes in which the determined first logical volume is placed by mirroring, of a second physical volume other than the determined first physical volume, and perform selection, from the plurality of physical volumes, of a third physical volume other than the second plurality of physical volumes, and write data of the first logical volume read from the second physical volume, to the third physical volume, and delete the first logical volume from the determined first physical volume.”

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2019 (16/368,917).

Storage device and method
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,691,565) developed by Kitagawa, Kyohei, Kahoku, Japan, for “storage device and storage method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage control device includes a first memory, a second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores therein a first startup program for starting up the storage control device. The second memory stores therein a second startup program for starting up the storage control device. The processor performs a startup process of starting up the storage control device by executing the first startup program stored in the first memory. The processor performs diagnosis for the first memory during the startup process. The processor restores, in a case where an abnormality is detected in a first portion of a first area of the first memory, first data stored in the first portion by overwriting the first data with data of a part of the second startup program stored in the second memory. The first area is a storage area in which the first startup program is stored.”

The patent application was filed on July 20, 2017 (15/654,908).

Storage control
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,691,550) developed by Shinozaki, Yoshinari, Watanabe, Takeshi, Kubota, Norihide, Konta, Yoshihito, Kawasaki, Japan, Kikuchi, Toshio, Sagamihara, Japan, Takeda, Naohiro, Zushi, Japan, Kurasawa, Yusuke, Nagano, Japan, Tanaka, Yuji, Inagi, Japan, Kajiyama, Marino, Yokohama, Japan, and Suzuki, Yusuke, Kawasaki, Japan, for “storage control apparatus and storage control method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage control apparatus includes a memory configured to store meta-information for associating addresses of a logical area and a physical area with each other, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to read out first meta-information corresponding to a first logical area from the memory, specify a first address of the physical area corresponding to a copy source address of the data based on the first meta-information, read out second meta-information corresponding to a second logical area that is set as a copy destination of the data in the logical area from the memory, specify a second address of the physical area corresponding to a copy destination address of the data based on the second meta-information, and execute copy of the data by associating the first address and the second address with each other as storage areas of the data.”

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2018 (15/955,745).

Migrating virtual machine across datacenters by transferring data chunks and metadata
Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (10,691,478) developed by Fujii, Kazuho, Nagoya, Japan, for “migrating virtual machine across datacenters by transferring data chunks and metadata.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An information processing system includes first data center and second data center. The first data center includes first virtual machine server including first processor that executes virtual machine using an image file, first data server including second processor and first storage that stores a plurality of chunks, and first metadata server including third processor and second storage that stores metadata of the image file. The second data center includes a second virtual machine server including fourth processor, second data server including third storage and fifth processor, and second metadata server including sixth processor and fourth storage. The second processor transmits, to the second data center, a predetermined chunk of the plurality of chunks. The first processor stops the virtual machine after the predetermined chunk is transmitted. The third processor transmits the metadata to the second metadata server. The fourth processor activates the virtual machine.”

The patent application was filed on August 7, 2017 (15/670,035).