IP Library Granted Patent US 11,449,629
Granted Patent B2
US 11,449,629 · App. 16/561,873 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Data transfer management system and data transfer management method

Inventors: Ken Nomura (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuo Hayasaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
G06F21/6245H04L67/1097G06F2221/2101G06F2221/2111H04B1/3827H04L61/2503
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,449,629
App. No.
16/561,873
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Appropriate management of transfer of data generated in real time from an area where handling of data is regulated to the outside is enabled. A storage computer manages transfer of data from a transfer source belonging to an environment where handling of data is regulated to an external transfer destination. Data to be transferred is sequential transfer data sequentially transferred to the outside when the data is not wholly present in the environment. The storage computer includes a memory storing information and CPU connected to the memory and capable of performing predetermined processing. Permissibility of transfer of the data to be transferred to a transfer destination is determined by the CPU based on: personal information included in a data source on which the data to be transferred is based; contents of processing performed on the data source; and an execution result of the processing on the data source.

Claims (48)

1. A data transfer management system managing transfer of data from a transfer source belonging to an environment where handling of data is regulated to an external transfer destination,

wherein data to be transferred is sequential transfer data sequentially transferred to the external transfer destination when the data is not wholly present in the environment,

the data transfer management system comprising:

a storage portion storing information; and

a processor portion connected to the storage portion and capable of performing predetermined processing, wherein the processor portion

determines permissibility of transfer of the data to be transferred to the transfer destination based on personal information included in a data source on which the data to be transferred is based, contents of processing performed on the data source, an execution result of the processing on the data source,

provides an identifier for each piece of personal information based on information stored in the storage portion,

determines, for each piece of personal information, if the identifier is blocked or passed,

on a condition that the identifier is blocked, the processing deletes a section of information and prevents the section from continuing to a next step in the processing,

on a condition that the identifier is passed, the personal information is sent to the next step of the processing,

performs additional processing a predetermined number of times,

reviews a status for each of the additional processing and determines a value for each of the statuses, and

determines, based on the value, if the data is transferable.

2. The data transfer management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the storage portion stores compliance status management information indicating a status of compliance required for adhering to a rule related to transfer of data including personal information from the transfer source to the transfer destination, and

wherein the processor portion determines permissibility of transfer of the data to be transferred based on personal information included in a data source on which the data to be transferred is based, contents of processing performed on the data source, an execution result of the processing on the data source, and the compliance status management information.

3. The data transfer management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor determines permissibility of transfer of the data to be transferred with contents of processing on the data to be transferred at the transfer destination further included.

4. The data transfer management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a status of compliance required for adhering to a rule related to transfer of data including personal information to the transfer destination includes a status of compliance required at the transfer source and a status of compliance required at the transfer destination.

5. The data transfer management system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor stores a log of processing of transfer of the data to be transferred to the transfer destination.

6. The data transfer management system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a transfer management device including the storage portion and the processor portion;

a terminal computer communicatively connected with the transfer management device; and

a mobile terminal capable of picking up an image and further capable of acquiring GPS coordinates of the mobile terminal itself,

wherein the terminal computer displays an image including network setting information of the transfer management device,

wherein the mobile terminal:

picks up the image and acquires network setting information included in the image;

is capable of accepting a user's correction to the network setting information; and

transmits the network setting information that was corrected by a user or the network setting information that was not corrected by a user and the GPS coordinates of the mobile terminal itself to the terminal computer,

wherein the terminal computer:

identifies an environment to which the transfer management device belongs based on the network setting information and the GPS coordinates received from the mobile terminal, and

sets the identified environment as an environment of the transfer source on the transfer management device, and

wherein the transfer management device determines permissibility of transfer of the data to be transferred from the set transfer source.

7. A data transfer management method by a data transfer management system managing transfer of data from a transfer source belonging to an environment where handling of data is regulated to an external transfer destination,

wherein data to be transferred is sequential transfer data sequentially transferred to the external transfer destination when the data is not wholly present in the environment,

the method comprising:

determining permissibility of transfer of the data to be transferred based on personal information included in a data source on which the data to be transferred is based, contents of processing performed on the data source, and an execution result of the processing on the data source

providing an identifier for each piece of personal information based on information stored in the storage portion;

determining, for each piece of personal information, if the identifier is blocked or passed,

on a condition that the identifier is blocked, the processing deletes a section of information and prevents the section from continuing to a next step in the processing,

on a condition that the identifier is passed, the personal information is sent to the next step of the processing;

performing additional processing a predetermined number of times;

reviewing a status for each of the additional processing and determines a value for each of the statuses; and

determining, based on the value, if the data is transferable.

8. The data transfer management system according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier categorizes a problem with the personal information.

9. The data transfer management system according to claim 8 , wherein both the blocked identifier and the passed identifier contain the problem.

10. The data transfer management system according to claim 9 , wherein the blocked identifier, included in one of the pieces of personal information, is transferable.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 20, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069518/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2019
From: NOMURA, KEN; HAYASAKA, MITSUO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050286/0033 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-223423 · Nov 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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