| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080247402 | COMMUNICATION RELAYING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION RELAY, AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A wide area network is constructed by connecting a plurality of bases to a multipoint switching apparatus. Each base has a certain contracted communication band. If a packet is received from a first base having a higher contracted communication band and the packet is directed to a second base having a lower contracted communication band, the traffic from the first base is limited to the contracted communication band of the second base. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090003351 | Path changeover method and device - Path changeover method and device are provide in which a communication interruption time caused by occurrence of a transmission failure is shortened. On a frame receiving side, address information of a frame received from a first physical port is stored in a table in association with the first physical port. When detecting that a frame stored with the same address information as the address information stored in the table is received at a second physical port, the frame received at the second physical port is captured and following frames received at the first physical port are discarded. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090116395 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a setting information storage section for storing band information set on each port, a continuity test signal transmitting section for receiving a continuity test request for testing a connection state of a connected network, and transmitting a continuity test signal to a destination port on the transmission path, a setting information obtaining section for obtaining the band information set on a port receiving the continuity test signal from the setting information storage section, a continuity response signal transmitting section for responding a continuity response signal added the band information obtained from the setting information obtaining section to the continuity test signal, to the port having transmitted the continuity test signal, and a setting information notification section for notifying the band information added to the continuity response signal to a node for managing the network. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116485 | Packet relay method and device - A packet relay method and device in which even in the presence of a relay device between transmitting and receiving devices, a normality of a protection route can be surely confirmed is provided; A specific source address or destination address are registered, and when a route normality confirmation packet having the source address or destination address is received, the packet is transmitted to a protection route regardless of a hash operation; The registering can include link aggregation information in addition to the source address or destination address and the transmitting is made when the route normality confirmation packet consistent with both of the source address or destination address and the link aggregation information is received. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100091792 | CONVERSION APPARATUS - A conversion apparatus, which mutually connects a layer | 04-15-2010 |
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| 20080201617 | Network device and network system - A network device and a network system are disclosed. The network device ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090089868 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device that causes a router to open a new communication port and permits an active access from a terminal when the terminal connected to an outer network requires is provided. A multi function device (an information processing device) accesses to a POP server and acquires a mail. In a case where the mail from an outer terminal describes an access request, the multi function device transmits to a router a port-open-command that requests the router to open a new communication port. The multi function device transmits to the outer terminal a port identifier of the new communication port that was opened by the router. The outer terminal transmits data to the multi function device with the received port identifier designated therein. The multi function device, triggered by the mail from the outer terminal, can cause the router to open a new communication port that permits an active access from the outer terminal. Therefore, the outer terminal can actively access to the multi function device through the new communication port that has been opened by the multi function device. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090248639 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A content management system includes a content acquisition device that acquires content; and a management device. The content acquisition device performs the following operations including: transmitting the content; receiving a content ID for identifying the content and a plurality of keyword candidates associated with the content; displaying the keyword candidates; and transmitting a keyword candidate designated from among the displayed keyword candidates with the content ID. The management device performs the following operations including: receiving the content; generating the plurality of keyword candidates based on the content; associating the content with the generated keyword candidates, and generating the content ID for identifying the content; transmitting the content ID and the generated keyword candidates; receiving the designated keyword candidate and the content ID; and registering the designated keyword candidate as a search keyword in the search database in association with content identified by the received content ID. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248676 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A content management device for managing acquired content in a searchable manner, includes a storage device that stores a search database in which a plurality of keywords and content are registered; a registration unit that registers new content in the search database; and a search unit that searches content registered in the search database. The registration unit performs operations includes: extracting a plurality of keyword candidates associated with the new content from the search database; displaying the extracted keyword candidates; and registering a keyword candidate designated from among the displayed keyword candidates in the search database, as a search keyword in association with the new content. The search unit performs operations includes: displaying a plurality of search keywords registered in the search database; extracting content associated with a search keyword designated from among the displayed search keywords from the search database; and displaying the extracted content. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100036855 | Communication Device - A communication device may be configured to be connected with an information display device in a communicable manner. The communication device may store address information of summarized content information, wherein the summarized content information includes, for each of a plurality of contents, at least address information of the content and a title of the content. The communication device may acquire the summarized content information from the address information, display the titles of the plurality of contents included in the summarized content information, allow a user to select at least one title from the titles of the plurality of contents, and send information concerning a content corresponding to the selected title. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100077339 | Processing Apparatus for Displaying Content Title - A processing apparatus may be configured to perform a process in accordance with a processing instruction, and be connected to a network in a communicable manner. The processing apparatus may store address information of summarized content information that includes at least titles of a plurality of contents, acquire the summarized content information based on the address information, allow a user to operate to input an instruction, receive a first processing instruction from the network, display the titles of the plurality of contents included in the summarized content information on a display unit in a case where a second processing instruction is input by the user, display the titles of the plurality of contents included in the summarized content information on the display unit on a condition that a predetermined instruction is input by the user in a case where the first processing instruction is received, and terminate the display of the titles of the plurality of contents in a case where a predetermined condition is met. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100082937 | DATA GENERATING DEVICE, SCANNER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A data generating device may comprise a data identifying unit, a number identifying unit and a hyperlink structuring unit. The data identifying unit may be configured to identify the data of the contents table page and/or the index page included in a set of data including data of a contents table page and/or an index page, and data of a plurality of normal pages, data of each normal page including a page number. The number identifying unit may be configured to identify a number included in the data of the contents table page and/or the index page identified by the data identifying unit, and to identify a specific position at which the identified number is located in the data of the contents table page and/or the index page. The hyperlink structuring unit may be configured to generate data of hyperlink structure from the set of data by generating a hyperlink, at a position corresponding to the specific position of the number identified by the number identifying unit, that links to data of a normal page including a page number that coincides with the number identified by the number identifying unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110196667 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a selection control unit which is configured to allow a user to input an operation for selecting one language from among a plurality of languages, a display control unit which is configured to display a specific character string corresponding to the selected language on a display unit, a download control unit which is configured to download first firmware corresponding to the selected language without downloading firmware corresponding to a language other than the selected language in a first case where new firmware is to be downloaded, and a storage control unit which is configured to store the first firmware in a memory. | 08-11-2011 |
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| 20110148538 | Crystal device - An object is to provide a crystal device in which an influence due to an electroconductive adhesive is reduced, and vibration characteristics of a crystal piece are favourably maintained. A configuration is such that in a crystal device including: a container main body having a concavity, with a crystal retention terminal formed in a bottom face of the concavity, and with a mounting terminal that is electrically connected to the crystal retention terminal formed on an outer bottom face; a crystal piece accommodated in the concavity, with an excitation electrode formed on both main faces, and with a support electrode that is electrically connected to the excitation electrode using a connecting electrode, formed on both sides of one end portion, and with the support electrode bonded to the crystal retention terminal with an electroconductive adhesive; and a cover that is connected to an open end face of the container main body and hermetically seals the crystal piece, there is provided a jetty being a main face of the crystal piece, and that protrudes on a periphery of the support electrode, and the jetty is formed integral with the crystal piece. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110203083 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES COMPRISING EDGE MESA STEPS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An exemplary method for a producing a piezoelectric vibrating piece having at least one mesa step includes forming a metal film on a main surface of a piezoelectric wafer. A through-groove is formed through the thickness of the wafer to form a plan profile of a desired piezoelectric substrate. A film of photoresist is formed on the surface of the metal film. A resist is applied, exposed, and formed into a resist pattern that defines a first mesa step along at least a portion of the plan profile. In regions not protected by the metal film, the piezoelectric substrate is etched to a defined depth to form a mesa step. The denuded edge surface of the metal film is edge-etched. A second mesa step, inboard of the first mesa step, can be formed by repeating the edge-etching and substrate-etching steps using the metal film as an etch protective film. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110227457 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Piezoelectric vibrating pieces are disclosed having selectively roughened surfaces. An exemplary piece is made of a piezoelectric material configured as a piezoelectric substrate. The piece also includes at least one excitation electrode and at least one extraction electrode. The substrate has opposing main surfaces initially having low surface roughness. At least one main surface is formed in a mesa or reverse mesa manner, wherein the central region has a different thickness than the peripheral region. The central region has relatively low surface roughness (irregular unevenness), while the peripheral region has relatively high surface roughness. The excitation electrode is formed on the central region (mesa or reverse mesa) while the extraction electrode (connected to the excitation electrode) is formed on the peripheral region. | 09-22-2011 |