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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Hiroshi Saito, Kawasaki, JP;

Yukio Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;

Yuji Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;

Kunihito Uchida, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Saito, Kawasaki, JP;

Yukio Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;

Yuji Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;

Kunihito Uchida, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A network system including a management device with both a status managing unit for collecting status information on a terminal status and a terminal instructing unit for transmitting a shift start message to the terminal to make transfer data to the server on the basis of the status information collected by the status managing unit. The terminal includes a determining unit for determining data transfer in response to the shift start message, a data transferring unit for transferring the data to the server when the determining unit determines the data transfer, a storage device control unit for erasing the data from a storage device after completion of data transfer, and a thin client shifting unit for causing the terminal to function as a thin client after erasure of data.


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