# US 12,113,648 B2 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,648 B2 - Document ID: US12113648B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/186,913 - Filed: 2023-03-20 - Published: 2023-10-05 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-31 - Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation - Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation - Inventors: Masanobu Tsuchiya - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113648B2 ## CPC - H04L 12/46: Interconnection of networks - H04L 12/4641: {Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] (LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272)} - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04L 65/611: for multicast or broadcast (systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06) - H04L 69/321: Interlayer communication protocols or service data unit [SDU] definitions; Interfaces between layers - H04L 69/28: Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A first information processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes a control communication unit configured to transmit and receive control communication information according to a control communication protocol, and an adaptor configured to generate first control communication information of a first communication method for one-to-many communication from among the control communication information required for control communication based on the control communication protocol, the adaptor generating the first control communication information with use of information acquired along a path different from a communication path of the control communication on a network in a cloud, and to output the first control communication information to the control communication unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus under a network environment in a cloud in a control communication system for control communication with physical equipment comprising: a control communication unit configured to transmit and receive control communication information according to a control communication protocol; and an adaptor configured to generate first control communication information of a first communication method for one-to-many communication from among the control communication information required for the control communication based on the control communication protocol, the adaptor generating the first control communication information with use of information acquired from a network environment manager not included in a network in the cloud along a path different from a communication path, where the first communication method is not supported, of the control communication on the network in the cloud, and to output the first control communication information to the control communication unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a virtualization interface, wherein the control communication unit and the adaptor function on a virtual machine constructed by the virtualization interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the adaptor is configured to generate the first control communication information with use of the information aggregated in the virtualization interface from the network environment manager. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adaptor is configured to refrain from transmitting the first control communication information of the first communication method acquired from the control communication unit to an outside. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein for second control communication information of the first communication method, the adaptor is configured to convert a communication method between a second communication method for one-to-one communication and the first communication method. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the adaptor is configured to transmit and receive the second control communication information between the control communication unit and an outside along the communication path or the path. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adaptor is configured to transmit and receive, along the communication path, third control communication information of a second communication method for one-to-one communication. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a network setting manager, wherein the adaptor is configured to generate network setting information based on the acquired first control communication information and set the network setting information in the network setting manager. ### Claim 9 An information processing method to be executed by an information processing apparatus under a network environment in a cloud in a control communication system for control communication with physical equipment, the information processing method comprising: generating first control communication information of a first communication method for one-to-many communication from among control communication information required for the control communication based on a control communication protocol, the first control communication information being generated with use of information acquired from a network environment manager not included in a network in the cloud along a path different from a communication path, where the first communication method is not supported, of the control communication on the network in the cloud; and transmitting and receiving the control communication information according to the control communication protocol. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program configured to cause an information processing apparatus under a network environment in a cloud in a control communication system for control communication with physical equipment to execute operations comprising: generating first control communication information of a first communication method for one-to-many communication from among control communication information required for the control communication based on a control communication protocol, the first control communication information being generated with use of information acquired from a network environment manager not included in a network in the cloud along a path different from a communication path, where the first communication method is not supported, of the control communication on the network in the cloud; and transmitting and receiving the control communication information according to the control communication protocol.