COMPUTER SYSTEM, DATA OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20150046516A1
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: MATSUBARA, Daisuke, TAKANO, Hideki, TSUCHIDA, Gen, SAWAJIRI, Haruhiko, NAGAI, Yasushi, TSURUSU, Kyosuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,948,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/00 Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring error detection, correction or monitoring in information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B20/18; monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing G11B27/36; in static stores G11C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A first apparatus inquires the second apparatus about whether a first data can be transmitted, in a case where the transmission is approved by the second apparatus, transmits the data to the second apparatus, and in a case where the transmission is not approved by the second apparatus, receives data from the second apparatus and outputs the data with its own data to a storage medium, and the second apparatus determines that a data is transmitted from the first apparatus on the basis of a condition pertaining to a second data communications channel, and upon having determined to approve the transmission from the first apparatus, receives the data from the first apparatus and transmits the data with its own data to a server via the second data communications channel, and upon having determined not to approve the transmission from the first apparatus, transmits its own data to the first apparatus.

Claims

1. A computer system in which a first apparatus and a second apparatus are connected via a first data communications channel,

wherein the first apparatus:

stores a first data in a first storage part;

inquires with the second apparatus via the first data communications channel about whether the first data can be transmitted;

in a case where the transmission has been approved by the second apparatus, transmits the first data to the second apparatus via the first data communications channel; and

in a case where the transmission has not been approved by the second apparatus, receives a second data from the second apparatus via the first data communications channel, and outputs the first data and the second data to a storage medium,

wherein the second apparatus;

stores the second data in a second storage part;

upon receiving an inquiry from the first apparatus via the first data communications channel about whether the first data can be transmitted,

determines whether the first data can be transmitted from the first apparatus on the basis of a condition pertaining to a second data communications channel that can be used by the second apparatus;

in the determination, upon having determined to approve the transmission of the first data from the first apparatus, receives the first data from the first apparatus via the first data communications channel, and transmits the first data and the second data to a server via the second data communications channel; and

in the determination, upon having determined to not approve the transmission of the first data from the first apparatus, transmits the second data to the first apparatus via the first data communications channel.

2. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein a threshold related to the volume of communications of the second data communications channel during a first time period that includes the current time point is configured as a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel, and

on the supposition that the first data and the second data are transmitted over the second data communications channel, the second apparatus performs the determination on the basis of the threshold and the post-transmission communications volume of the second data communications channel during the first time period.

3. A computer system according to claim 2, wherein the threshold is configured on the basis of an upper limit on the volume of communications of the second data communications channel during the first time period,

the post-transmission communications volume is a value calculated on the basis of the volume of communications from the start of the first time period until the current time point, and the volume of communications pertaining to the first data and the second data, and

the second apparatus, in a case where the post-transmission communications volume is larger than the threshold, determines, in the determination, not to approve the transmission of the first data from the first apparatus.

4. A computer system according to claim 3, wherein the threshold is a value that is configured lower, the longer the remaining time period is from the current time point to the end of the first time period.

5. A computer system according to claim 3, wherein the first time period fluctuates, with the current time point being defined as the end of the period.

6. A computer system according to claim 5, wherein the threshold is a value configured on the basis of an average volume of communications for the second apparatus relative to the second data communications channel during a prescribed time period that is shorter than the first time period.

7. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the second data communications channel is managed by a telecommunications carrier,

the second apparatus is a communications apparatus used under a contract with the telecommunications carrier,

a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel is imposed on the communication apparatus on the basis of the contract with the telecommunications carrier,

the first data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction pertaining to the first apparatus, and

the second data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction in the operation of the communication apparatus.

10. A computer system according to claim 2, wherein the second data communications channel is managed by a telecommunications carrier,

the second apparatus is a communications apparatus used under a contract with the telecommunications carrier,

a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel is imposed on the communication apparatus on the basis of the contract with the telecommunications carrier,

the first data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction pertaining to the first apparatus, and

the second data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction in the operation of the communication apparatus.

11. A computer system according to claim 3, wherein the second data communications channel is managed by a telecommunications carrier,

the second apparatus is a communications apparatus used under a contract with the telecommunications carrier,

a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel is imposed on the communication apparatus on the basis of the contract with the telecommunications carrier,

the first data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction pertaining to the first apparatus, and

the second data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction in the operation of the communication apparatus.

12. A computer system according to claim 4, wherein the second data communications channel is managed by a telecommunications carrier,

the second apparatus is a communications apparatus used under a contract with the telecommunications carrier,

a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel is imposed on the communication apparatus on the basis of the contract with the telecommunications carrier,

the first data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction pertaining to the first apparatus, and

the second data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction in the operation of the communication apparatus.

13. A computer system according to claim 5, wherein the second data communications channel is managed by a telecommunications carrier,

the second apparatus is a communications apparatus used under a contract with the telecommunications carrier,

a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel is imposed on the communication apparatus on the basis of the contract with the telecommunications carrier,

the first data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction pertaining to the first apparatus, and

the second data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction in the operation of the communication apparatus.

14. A computer system according to claim 6, wherein the second data communications channel is managed by a telecommunications carrier,

the second apparatus is a communications apparatus used under a contract with the telecommunications carrier,

a condition pertaining to the second data communications channel is imposed on the communication apparatus on the basis of the contract with the telecommunications carrier,

the first data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction pertaining to the first apparatus, and

the second data comprises information for analyzing a malfunction in the operation of the communication apparatus.

8. A data output method in a computer system in which a first apparatus and a second apparatus are connected via a first data communications channel,

the data output method comprising:

operating the first apparatus

to inquire with the second apparatus via the first data communications channel about whether a first data stored in a first storage part can be transmitted;

in a case where transmission has been approved by the second apparatus, to transmit the first data to the second apparatus via the first data communications channel, and

in a case where transmission has not been approved by the second apparatus, to receive a second data from the second apparatus via the first data communications channel, and output the first data and the second data to a storage medium; and

operating the second apparatus;

upon receiving an inquiry from the first apparatus via the first data communications channel about whether the first data can be transmitted,

to determine whether the first data can be transmitted from the first apparatus on the basis of a condition pertaining to a second data communications channel that can be used by the second apparatus;

in the determination, upon having determined to approve the transmission of the first data from the first apparatus, to receive the first data from the first apparatus via the first data communications channel, and transmit the first data and the second data to a server via the second data communications channel; and

in the determination, upon having determined not to approve the transmission of the first data from the first apparatus, to transmit the second data stored in a second storage part to the first apparatus via the first data communications channel.

9. A computer program in a computer system in which a first computer and a second computer are connected via a first data communications channel, wherein, when executed on the first computer,

the computer program performs:

inquiring the second computer via the first data communications channel about whether a first data stored in a first storage part can be transmitted;

in a case where transmission has been approved by the second computer, transmitting the first data to the second computer via the first data communications channel; and

in a case where transmission has not been approved by the second computer, receiving a second data from the second computer via the first data communications channel, and outputting the first data and the second data to a storage medium, and

when executed on the second computer, the computer program performs;

upon receiving an inquiry from the first computer via the first data communications channel about whether the first data can be transmitted,

determining that the first data can be transmitted from the first computer on the basis of a condition pertaining to a second data communications channel that can be used by the second computer;

in the determination, when determination has been made to approve the transmission of the first data from the first computer, receiving the first data from the first computer via the first data communications channel, and transmitting the first data and the second data to a server via the second data communications channel; and

in the determination, when determination has been made not to approve the transmission of the first data from the first computer, transmitting the second data stored in a second storage part to the first computer via the first data communications channel.