INSTRUCTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS

• US 20120084439A1
• Filed: 10/03/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Fukuyama, Noriyuki, Morinaga, Masanobu, Kinoshita, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,612 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/067 using time frame reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A system including a first apparatus including a first processor, a first storage device, and a first communication interface and a second apparatus including a second processor and a second communication interface is provided. The first processor measures traffic of data communicated via a predetermined communication path in each of a plurality of time ranges, stores the data communicated in each of the plurality of time ranges in the first storage device, and performs a control processing to cause the first communication interface to transmit the measured data traffic to the second apparatus, and when the second processor receives the measured data, the second processor performs control processing to cause the second communication interface to transmit to the first apparatus designation information designating one of the plurality of time ranges in which protection target data not to be deleted from the first storage device has been communicated.

Claims

1. A recording control system comprising:

a first apparatus including a first processor, a first storage device, and a first communication interface; and

a second apparatus including a second processor and a second communication interface, and

wherein the first processor measures traffic of data communicated via a predetermined communication path in each of a plurality of time ranges, stores the data communicated in each of the plurality of time ranges in the first storage device, and performs a control processing to cause the first communication interface to transmit a notification about the measured data traffic to the second apparatus, and

wherein, when the second processor receives the notification from the first apparatus, the second processor performs a control processing to cause the second communication interface to transmit to the first apparatus information designating one of the plurality of time ranges in which protection of a target data not to be deleted from the first storage device has been communicated.

2. The recording control system according to claim 1, wherein the first processor measures traffic of data communicated by a predetermined apparatus via the predetermined communication path in each of the plurality of time ranges.

3. The recording control system according to claim 1, wherein the first processor measures traffic of data communicated by the second apparatus via the predetermined communication path in each of the plurality of time ranges.

4. The recording control system according to claim 1, wherein the second processor performs a control processing to cause the second communication interface to transmit to the first apparatus an acquisition request including an instruction for reading out data communicated in one of the plurality of time ranges designated by the information from the first storage device and transmitting the read data to the second apparatus,

wherein the first processor performs processing in response to the acquisition request, and

wherein the second processor receives the data communicated in one of the plurality of time ranges designated by the information from the first apparatus, remeasures traffic of the received data, and compares the remeasured data traffic and data traffic in one of the plurality of time ranges designated by the information which is included in the notification.

5. A recording control apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a storage device; and

a communication interface, and

wherein the processor executes an operation including;

measuring traffic of communication data communicated via a predetermined communication path in each of a plurality of time ranges,

performing a control processing to cause the communication interface to transmit to an information processing apparatus a notification including the measured pieces of communication data traffic and information about the plurality of time ranges corresponding to the measured pieces of communication data traffic,

performing a control processing to cause the storage device to store the communication data communicated in each of the plurality of time ranges and not to delete communication data communicated by the information processing apparatus in one of the plurality of time ranges designated by information received from the information processing apparatus, and

performing a control processing to cause the communication interface to transmit data stored in the storage device to the information processing apparatus in response to an instruction from the information processing apparatus.

6. A measurement method comprising:

measuring, via a measurement apparatus, traffic of data communicated by an information processing apparatus via a predetermined communication path in each of a plurality of time ranges;

storing the data communicated in each of the plurality of time ranges in a storage, and transmitting a notification traffic data measured to the information processing apparatus; and

transmitting, after receiving the notification, from the information processing apparatus information about one of the plurality of time ranges in which protection of a target data not to be deleted from the storage has been communicated, by a processor of the information processing apparatus.

7. The measurement method according to claim 6, wherein pieces of the data communicated in the plurality of time ranges are stored in different storage locations, and

a measurement during said one of the plurality of time ranges is verified using a corresponding of the pieces of data.

8. A measurement method comprising:

associating data communicated with each of a plurality of time ranges and a respective storage address; and

verifying a measured traffic data of a selected one of plurality of time ranges using a corresponding time range in said associating.