Hitachi, Ltd.

Masami Kameda

Takeshi Ishizaki

Yoshiyuki Nakayama

Kenjiro Mori

Toshimitsu Hayashi

Chiho Kitahara

Tomomi Suzuki

Yoshinobu Tanigawa

Minoru Koizumi

Shigeaki Kinoshita

Tadashi Yamamitsu

Yoshifumi Yamashita

Yumiko Seki

Takeshi Fujii

In order to provide a storage system, virus infection spreading prevention method, and virus removal support method capable of performing an operation to prevent spreading of a virus infection and an operation to remove a virus straightforward, at an operation host, a virus check is executed for volumes, infection state information is sent to a management host according to detection results when a virus infection is detected, and at a management host, predetermined processing is executed in order to put the state of the path with the volume infected with a virus offline based on the infected state information. Further, at the operation host, a virus check is executed for the volumes, and when a virus infection is detected, infection state information is sent to the management host according to the results of the detection. At the management host, the range of influence of the virus infection is specified, the state after removal of the virus from the necessary volumes existing within the range of influence is predicted, and results of the prediction are displayed on a screen.

Storage system, virus infection spreading prevention method, and virus removal support method

A computer system that transfers data from a first storage unit to a second storage unit via a network. The computer system includes a first controller that transfers data, stored in the first storage unit, to the second storage unit using a block transfer protocol; a table that associates a file composed of a plurality of blocks of data with blocks of data constituting the file; and a second controller that, in response to information that identifies a block from the first controller, identifies a file corresponding to the block using the table and transfers the identified file to the second storage unit using a file transfer protocol.

Data transfer method and system

Database optimizing method and system are provided to optimally locate data. Only data satisfying conditions desired by a user is extracted among an access log. Values of a part of the data are translated on the basis of a translation table, and aggregated on the basis of aggregation condition rules. The obtained aggregation result is presented to the user. In addition, data in the database are optimally relocated on the basis of the obtained aggregation result.

Database management program, a database managing method and an apparatus therefor

In a conferencing system comprising telephones and workstations to assist a cooperative work, a conference display control method for a visual user interface is provided. A conference window is displayed on a workstation display during execution of a teleconference. The conference window includes a meeting table area as a shared space and a local area which cannot be seen by the other participants. Document objects corresponding to a document application program which is used in the conference are arranged on those areas. The distribution of the documents, reference of information, and execution of the application program can be executed by direct manipulation of objects using a mouse. In the conference window, the document object can be operated at both the cooperative work place and the local work place. The operations during the conference can be simplified. Further, the conference window is displayed on the workstation display during the teleconference execution, the conference documents are sharingly executed by an OHP object on the conference window, and the documents during the shared execution are displayed in an OHP area, so that the kind of document which is being executed can be grasped.

Conference display control method and apparatus for an electronic

A shared window of the same content is displayed on each display device of a plurality of computers connected through a communication network for use in a collaborative work and objects are displayed on the window. Each object is displayed based on object management data having a plurality of types of attributes set therein and the shared windows on which the objects are displayed are limited by the attribute values of the attributes. Further, participants of the collaborative work who are permitted to erase the objects are limited by the settings of the attribute values of the attributes.

Collaborative work support system

An object of the present invention is to offer a communication network system in which it is possible to connect a logical channel for performing information exchange or information communication between terminals connected to the communication network without inputting an address of a terminal to communicate with. In the communication network according to the present invention in which a logical channel is connected between desired terminals connected to the communication network to perform information exchange or information communication between the desired terminals, a connection controller for a network and communication is provided which specifies a terminal which can be used by a person to communicate with through the communication network by inputting information excluding the address of the terminal to which a connection request is issued to connect the logical channel to the specified terminal.

Communication network system in which an unregistered terminal being

A joint work support system includes a plurality of terminals mutually connected to one another through a network. Each terminal includes a first data communication means and an operation means. The operation means performs operations to support joint work in both a joint work state, when the terminal is connected to another terminal through the network, and a local state, when the terminal is not connected to another terminal through the network. To operate in the local state, each of the terminals includes recording data creating means, second data communication means and reproduction means.

Computer-based conferencing system with local operation function

An information processing system which includes control apparatus for controlling the operation of a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The control apparatus controls the information processing system to permit an application program stored in one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses to be operated from any input device of the plurality of information processing apparatuses such that the results of information processing of the application program are displayed onto each display device. Each display device of the plurality of information processing apparatuses displays information regarding operation of an application program and an indication mark indicating an arbitrary position based on screen coordinates input from any input device of the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The control apparatus performs the control of the information processing system by transferring information of operation of the application program and indication mark operation input from any input device of the plurality of information processing apparatuses to the application program and an indication mark program while displaying information of the operation of the application program and movement of the indication mark on each display device of the plurality of information processing apparatuses.

Information processing system

A cooperative information processing system in which a cooperative execution application program can utilize an auxiliary application program that is being executed locally. The communication control program has the request conversion unit, the input conversion unit and the server-dependent information table. The communication control program utilizes the server-dependent information table to interpret the format of an inter-application message between the sites and carries out a proper conversion. Thus, communication between the cooperative execution application program and the auxiliary application program locally executed at a specific site, such as for example, the Japanese inputting front end program, is made possible.

Cooperative information processing method and apparatus utilizing local

In a conferencing system comprising telephones and workstations, a conference display control method for a visual user interface is provided. A conference window is displayed on a workstation display during a teleconference and includes a meeting table area as a shared space and a local area which cannot be seen by the other participants. Document objects corresponding to a document application program which is used in the conference are arranged on those areas. The distribution of the documents, reference of information, and execution of the application program can be executed by direct manipulation of objects using a mouse. In the conference window, the document object can be operated at both the cooperative work place and the local work place. Further, the conference window is displayed on the workstation display during the teleconference execution, the conference documents are sharingly executed by an OHP (overhead projector) object on the conference window, and the documents during the shared execution are displayed in an OHP area, so that the kind of document which is being executed can be grasped. Moreover, when a participant participates in a plurality of teleconferences on a communication network by one teleconference terminal, one teleconference can be recognized as a specific conference space, so that the user can selectively use a plurality of teleconferences without confusing them.

Display control method and apparatus for an electronic conference

A conference support system includes a plurality of computers provided with a graphical user interface (GUI) system and connected by a communication network. Each computer includes a storage section having an area in which a drawing object, such as graphics, characters or the like drawn on a partial screen area shared through the communication network by access by user to the shared partial screen area and comment data concerning the drawing object are stored in association with each other, and a display control module by which the drawing object and the comment data associated with each other and stored in the storage section are displayed on a display section in association with each other, whereby a conference by users with each other can be conducted in such a manner that an individual intention for the drawing object is clearly given to participants in real time while accessing the shared partial screen area such as a shared window.

Conference support system which associates a shared object with data

A group working system includes a plurality of work stations interconnected through a network and each having a multi-window function. Each work station is provided with a group working user interface program executed under the control of a control program for transferring control information for a group work with the other work stations. When input operation is performed for a window of a group working mode in any one of the work stations, indication information for identifying an operator or work station performing the input operation is output to an additional window which is paired with the above-mentioned window. By making reference to the indication information, each user can avoid conflict in the input operation to the same window of the group working mode with other users.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masami Kameda