Network system, communication control device, and communication control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12439243-B2
Application number	US-202318122205-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2023
Priority date	Jun 24, 2022
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

It is provided a network system that transfers data, the network system comprising: a first network; a second network connected with the first network and to which a server is connected; a third network connected with the first network and in which a terminal is accommodated; a terminal identification device, wherein the terminal identification device is configured to hold terminal identification information in which the address information of the gateway device in the first network, an identifier of the terminal, and the connection availability of the terminal to the second network are associated with each other, determine the connection availability of the terminal to the second network based on the terminal identification information, and acquire the address information of the gateway device in the first network and the identifier of the terminal from the gateway device to register or update the terminal identification information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A network system that transfers data, the network system comprising:
a first network;
a second network connected with the first network and to which a server is connected;
a third network connected with the first network and in which a terminal having address information different from address information of the first network is accommodated; and
at least one processor which when executing at least one program configures the at least one processor to:
determine connection availability of the terminal to the second network;
convert address information attached to data transferred between the first network and the third network;
convert the address information of a gateway device in the first network attached to the data transferred from the first network to the third network, into address information of the terminal in the third network, and convert the address information of the terminal in the third network attached to the data transferred from the third network to the first network, into the address information of the gateway device in the first network;
hold, in a terminal identification device, terminal identification information in which the address information of the gateway device in the first network, an identifier of the terminal, and the connection availability of the terminal to the second network are associated with each other;
determine the connection availability of the terminal to the second network based on the terminal identification information; and
acquire the address information of the gateway device in the first network and the identifier of the terminal from the gateway device to register or update the terminal identification information.

2. The network system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the address information is a combination of an IP address and a port number,
the terminal identification information is information in which the IP address and the port number of the gateway device in the first network, the identifier of the terminal, and the connection availability of the terminal to the second network are associated with each other,
the port number of the gateway device is set to a value different for each identifier of the terminal, and
the at least one processor is further configured to refer to the terminal identification information by using the IP address and the port number of the gateway device in the first network attached to data transferred from the first network to the second network, and determine the connection availability of the terminal to the second network.

3. The network system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the terminal device is configured to
request the gateway device for the identifier of the terminal by using the address information of the gateway device, and
register or update the terminal identification information by using the address information of the gateway device in the first network and the identifier of the terminal acquired from the gateway device.

4. The network system according to claim 1 ,
the terminal identification device including
a first interface that transmits and receives data to and from the first network,
a second interface that transmits and receives data to and from the second network,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
refer to the terminal identification information to determine the connection availability of the terminal to the second network; and
acquire the address information of the gateway device in the first network from the gateway device to register or update the terminal identification information.

5. The network system according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in a case where the IP address and the port number of the gateway device in the first network attached to the data transferred from the first network to the second network are not registered in the terminal identification information, the at least one processor is further configured to acquire from the gateway device the identifier of the terminal that transmits the data, and registers the identifier in the terminal identification information.

6. The network system according to claim 1 ,
further comprising an authentication unit that provides authentication information of the terminal to the terminal identification device,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
request the authentication unit for authentication of the terminal, based on the terminal identification information; and
register or update the connection availability of the terminal to the second network in the terminal identification information, based on an authentication result acquired from the authentication unit.

7. A communication control device installed in a network system that transfers data,
the network system including:
a first network;
a second network connected with the first network and to which a server is connected;
a third network connected with the first network and in which a terminal having address information different from address information of the first network is accommodated; and
at least one processor which when executing at least one program configures the at least one processor to:
convert address information attached to data transferred between the first network and the third network; and
convert the address information of a gateway device in the first network attached to the data transferred from the first network to the third network, into address information of the terminal in the third network, and convert the address information of the terminal in the third network attached to the data transferred from the third network to the first network, into the address information of the gateway device in the first network,
wherein a communication control device includes:
a first interface that transmits and receives data to and from the first network,
a second interface that transmits and receives data to and from the second network, and
terminal identification information in which the address information of the gateway device in the first network, an identifier of the terminal, and connection availability of the terminal to the second network are associated with each other, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine the connection availability of the terminal to the second network based on the terminal identification information; and
acquire the address information of the gateway device in the first network and the identifier of the terminal from the gateway device to register or update the terminal identification information.

8. A communication control method in a network system that transfers data,
the network system including:
a first network;
a second network connected with the first network and to which a server is connected;
a third network connected with the first network and in which a terminal having address information different from address information of the first network is accommodated;
a terminal identification device that determines connection availability of the terminal to the second network; and
a gateway device that converts address information attached to data transferred between the first network and the third network,
wherein the gateway device is configured to convert the address information of the gateway device in the first network attached to the data transferred from the first network to the third network, into address information of the terminal in the third network, and convert the address information of the terminal in the third network attached to the data transferred from the third network to the first network, into the address information of the gateway device in the first network, and
the terminal identification device is configured t

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Ohnuma Akihiro
• Mashimo Daisuke
• Takase Masayuki
• Oishi Yuji
• Kuwahara Mikio

Classifications

• G16Y20/20

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• H04W8/26 Primary

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