Patent ID: 9462078
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. An information transmission device comprising: a storage unit configured to store an identifier representing an information processing device in association with an identifier representing a storage device used by the information processing device, the storage unit further configured to store data whose transmission is requested by the information processing device, and the storage device connected with the information processing device via a network and operated separately from the information processing device; an encryption key storage unit configured to store the identifier representing the information processing device in association with an encryption key used by the information processing device; and a processor to, when the information transmission device receives a notice from the information processing device requesting transmission of data from the information transmission device, specify the information processing device which sends the notice, acquire an encryption key stored in association with the specified information processing device, and to transmit the data requested by the notice not to the specified information processing device but directly to the storage device represented by the identifier stored in the storage unit and associated with the identifier representing the specified information processing device, wherein the processor transmits data on a request for transmission by the information processing device and the encryption key acquired to the storage device represented by the identifier; and wherein the information processing device is a virtual machine, and the storage device is a virtual machine disk used by the virtual machine as a storage device.