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Toshio Otani
Also filed as: OTANI TOSHIO
32 granted patents·18 pending applications·400 citations·filing 1996–2016
97Inventor score
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50 records- 0197US9575798B2Method of managing tenant network configuration in environment where virtual server and non-virtual server coexistHITACHI LTD·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 21, 2017·104 cites·15 claims
- 0288US8856337B2Method and apparatus of cluster system provisioning for virtual maching environmentOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 7, 2014·13 cites·17 claims
- 0387US7685310B2Computer system and dynamic port allocation methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 23, 2010·17 cites·6 claims
- 0486US9495195B2Resource migration between virtual containers based on utilization rate and performance degradationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 15, 2016·10 cites·8 claims
- 0586US8370302B2Method and apparatus for block based volume backupHITACHI LTD·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 5, 2013·17 cites·15 claims
- 0685US8260986B2Methods and apparatus for managing virtual ports and logical units on storage systemsARAKAWA HIROSHI·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 4, 2012·11 cites·18 claims
- 0785US7991860B2Method and apparatus for HBA migrationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 2, 2011·12 cites·13 claims
- 0884US8281305B2Method and apparatus for resource provisioningOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 2, 2012·14 cites·21 claims
- 0983US8364869B2Methods and apparatus for managing virtual ports and logical units on storage systemsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 29, 2013·6 cites·18 claims
- 1083US6254513B1PedometerOMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 3, 2001·96 cites·14 claims
- 1182US9432256B2Resource management method and resource management systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 30, 2016·7 cites·6 claims
- 1282US7657720B2Storage apparatus and method of managing data using the storage apparatusHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 2, 2010·12 cites·18 claims
- 1380US8990374B2Method and apparatus of cloud computing subsystemOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 24, 2015·6 cites·18 claims
- 1479US8762668B2Multipath switching over multiple storage systemsTAGUCHI YUICHI·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 24, 2014·6 cites·14 claims
- 1577US8046392B2Storage system and information transfer method for the sameHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 25, 2011·8 cites·10 claims
- 1676US8122212B2Method and apparatus for logical volume management for virtual machine environmentOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 21, 2012·8 cites·20 claims
- 1775US8473643B2Method and apparatus of tier storage management awareness networkingOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 25, 2013·4 cites·20 claims
- 1870US8166264B2Method and apparatus for logical volume managementOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 24, 2012·4 cites·17 claims
- 1966US8566550B2Application and tier configuration management in dynamic page reallocation storage systemKAWAGUCHI TOMOHIRO·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 22, 2013·3 cites·20 claims
- 2066US7861049B2Methods and apparatus for archiving digital dataHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 28, 2010·3 cites·4 claims
- 2165US9292218B2Method and apparatus to manage object based tierHITACHI LTD·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 22, 2016·1 cites·22 claims
- 2263US8464003B2Method and apparatus to manage object based tierHAYASHI SHINICHI·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 11, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2362US8375111B2Method and apparatus for HBA migrationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 12, 2013·1 cites·14 claims
- 2462US8370300B2Method and apparatus of data protectionHITACHI LTD·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 5, 2013·1 cites·19 claims
- 2562US6336244B1Electric blower and electric cleaning device using the sameSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 8, 2002·15 cites·9 claims
- 2658US7634625B2Storage system and method for copying volumes by inspection of data securityHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 15, 2009·6 cites·16 claims
- 2754US6163374ABending angle detection systemKOMATSU MFG CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 19, 2000·13 cites·14 claims
- 2853US2016170655A1Method and apparatus to manage object based tierHITACHI LTD·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 2952US8281050B2Method and apparatus of storage array with frame forwarding capabilityOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 2, 2012·1 cites·20 claims
- 3050US2011153905A1Method and apparatus for i/o path switchingHITACHI LTD·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3149US10067695B2Management server, computer system, and methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 4, 2018·0 cites·13 claims
- 3249US2011060883A1Method and apparatus for external logical storage volume managementHITACHI LTD·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3348US2010070722A1Method and apparatus for storage migrationOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3448US2010235592A1Date volume migration with migration log confirmationKANEDA YASUNORI·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3547US2009319736A1Method and apparatus for integrated nas and cas data backupHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3646US2008183774A1Control device and method for data migration between nas devicesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3745US2016036632A1Computer systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3844US9444704B2Method for controlling monitoring items, management computer, and computer system in cloud system where virtual environment and non-virtual environment are mixedHITACHI LTD·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 13, 2016·0 cites·18 claims
- 3944US2007192553A1Backup apparatus and backup methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4043US8504764B2Method and apparatus to manage object-based tiersHAYASHI SHINICHI·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 6, 2013·0 cites·17 claims
- 4143US2015236977A1Management computer, computer system, and instance management methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4242US7788488B2Computer virus check method in a storage systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 31, 2010·0 cites·12 claims
- 4341US2013179601A1Node provisioning of i/o module having one or more i/o devicesOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4441US2014101279A1System management method, and computer systemNAGAMI AKIHISA·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4541US2006109850A1IP-SAN network access control list generating method and access control list setup methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4641US2007070975A1Storage system and storage deviceOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4740US2012072685A1Method and apparatus for backup of virtual machine dataOTANI TOSHIO·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 4839US2007250678A1Computer system, management computer, storage device and volume allocation confirmation methodUEOKA ATSUSHI·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4939US2011276728A1Method and apparatus for storage i/o path configurationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 5031US2018246763A1Computer system management method and computer systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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