IP Library Granted Patent US 11,516,318
Granted Patent B2
US 11,516,318 · App. 16/543,627 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Communication device, communication system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Tatsuo Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Masuda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04L69/22H04L69/16
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Patent No.
US 11,516,318
App. No.
16/543,627
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device includes a transmission unit and a processing unit. The transmission unit transmits a packet group including multiple packets. In a case in which the communication device itself is not trusted by a destination communication device to which to transmit the packet group, the processing unit performs a process of instructing each of multiple nodes of a management unit that registers and manages management information distributed among the multiple nodes to register header information as the management information, the header information being partial information of a header included in each packet of the packet group transmitted by the transmission unit.

Claims (9)

1. A communication device comprising:

a transmission unit that transmits a packet group including a plurality of packets,_wherein each of the packets in the packet group transmitted in one communication session contains a header; and

a processing unit that, in a case in which the communication device itself is not trusted by a destination communication device to which to transmit the packet group, performs a process of instructing each of a plurality of nodes of a management unit that registers a trust list stored in the storage unit of the communication device itself as the management information and manages the management information distributed among the plurality of nodes to register header information as the management information, the header information being partial information of the header included in each packet of the packet group transmitted by the transmission unit, and in a case in which the trust list stored in the storage unit of the communication device itself is modified, the processing unit further performs a process of instructing each of the plurality of nodes of the management unit to update the trust list of the management information according to the modified trust list.

2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the case in which the communication device itself is not trusted by a destination communication device to which to transmit the packet group is a case in which trust information indicating that the communication device itself trusts the source communication device is not recorded in the trust list held by a majority of nodes among the plurality of nodes of the management unit, or a case in which a period of validity of the recorded trust information is expired.

3. A communication system comprising:

a plurality of the communication devices according to claim 1 ; and

the management unit that registers and manages management information distributed among the plurality of nodes.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for functioning as the communication device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056254/0021 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2019
From: SUZUKI, TATSUO; MASUDA, KOJI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050206/0069 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-053819 · Mar 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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