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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/28 (2022.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/28 (2013.01); G06F 16/1774 (2019.01); G06F 16/2343 (2019.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract
A credential management apparatus performs a change process, an acquisition process, and a locking process. The change process is processing that periodically changes credential information of components that constitute a network. The acquisition process is processing that acquires maintenance operation information related to a maintenance operation of the network. The locking process is processing that locks the credential information of, among the components, a target component for the maintenance operation not to be changed based on the maintenance operation information, at least during the period while the maintenance operation is being performed.