Study Reports in HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium
HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium
Study Reports in HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium
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Message from the President
Hiroshi Yasuda President of HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium
Increase in concern over high-speed access environments in the Internet and broadband communication services is demonstrated by the fact that the number of subscribers to ADSL in Japan exceeded 1.5 million at the end of 2001. In addition, fiber-optics-based 100-Mbps-class services have started also in Japan as a full-fledged broadband service. The advent of the broadband era has been supported by dramatic advances in information technologies (IT) based on progress in computer and telecommunication along with sophistication of devices.
Having said that, for most of people, broadband services are not yet a familiar part of daily life. For example, people who make full use of the Internet as a new medium are limited to business people and teenagers with cellular phones. On the other hand, for most housewives, seniors, and children, the Internet has not yet caught up with a conventional medium like TV as a part of daily life.
If we want a world in which everyone can enjoy broadband delivery of content such as video streaming, the development of intelligent home appliances that are as easy to operate as TV sets will be essential. All the more, fresh content that families need in their daily lives, such as bargain offer at local supermarkets, remote hookup of a sports meeting, and information on wide variety of events to be held in the community, is necessities. Besides delivery of information content, a new form of interactive broadband services can be envisaged. If one can see the living room of his/her parents’ home and converse with his/her parents face to face on the screen at any time, the home of a young couple living in a city and the parents’ home located far away will be connected through an optical network, and a new lifestyle of “parents’ and their children’s families’ virtually living together” may be materialized.
As to service providers, starting with telecommunication-service providers and computer-system integrators, many types of operators, such as home-appliance producers, content-distribution providers, and application-service providers, will be involved in realization of broadband services. For various types of operators to tie up with one another in order to develop broadband services smoothly to form a larger market, guidelines and standardization, such as for standardized operating instructions of terminals, and standardized procedures of network use between home terminals and networks, networks and providers, and among providers, will be necessary.
Against such a background, the idea of establishing HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium (HSAC) --an alliance among industries that aims for realization of new broadband services-- was announced in November 2000, and companies and bodies that would be interested in joining it were recruited. As a result, the number of companies/bodies who have joined HSAC increased from 49 in January 2001, when the Consortium started, to 80 in July 2001, reflecting heightened interest in broadband communication.
HSAC defines “HIKARI services” as 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps full-fledged broadband services through fiber optics. It defined three main elements for modeling HIKARI services and systems: content providers, end-users, and a “HIKARI service platform” which connect providers and end-users. By doing so, it aims to: (1) Find HIKARI services with media-rich feature that are characteristic of the broadband era (2) Clarify functions and architecture of the HIKARI service platform that distribute/deliver content from content providers to end-users (3) Clarify interface requirements between the HIKARI service platform and content providers/ end-users For these purposes, two committees, the Service Committee and the Technical Committee, are organized and these issues are discussed over the course of the past year.
As a result of the study, the Service Committee extracted twenty-two types of services to make a service model, focused on typical five among them with intensive discussion, and drafted descriptions about concepts of HIKARI services. The Technical Committee then selected two prospective ones and clarified functions and architecture of the HIKARI service platform, and defined requirements for interfaces between the HIKARI service platforms and content providers/end-users.
The following documents systematically summarize the discussions so far on realization of whole new HIKARI services by the Service Committee and the Technical Committee: [a] Summary of HIKARI Service Concepts [b] Technical Report on HIKARI Service Network Architecture [c] Interface Requirements for HIKARI Services
These documents, which were drafted by the energetic members of the two committees in just one year, cover a wide range of areas, but needed further investigation in some parts. These documents are important, because they are the first that show the frameworks of architecture, and system requirements of HIKARI services with the collaboration of people in different industries. We expect that these documents will be fully utilized in your discussions on setting out to HIKARI-service businesses in the broadband era.
March 2002
Members
Alpha Systems Inc. http://www.alpha.co.jp/english/index.html Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. http://www.agc.co.jp/english/index.htm Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd. http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/anb/kokusai/ Asahi Shimbun http://www.asahi.com/english/english.html B-BAT, Incorporated Broadband Exchange Inc. http://www.bbx.co.jp/eng/corp/index.html Chita Medias Network Inc. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. http://www.dnp.co.jp/index_e.html Dentsu Inc. http://www.dentsu.com/media/flash/homeFlash.htm Digital Content Association of Japan http://www.dcaj.or.jp/index04.html Fujikura Ltd. http://www.fujikura.co.jp/front_e.htm Fuji Television Network, Inc. http://www.fujitv.co.jp/en/ FUJITSU Limited http://www.fujitsu.com/worldwide/ HAKUHODO, Inc. http://www.hakuhodo.co.jp/index-e.html Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. http://www.hp.com/ Hitachi, Ltd. http://global.hitachi.com/ Hitachi Communication Systems, Inc. Hitachi INS Software, Ltd. Hitachi netBusiness, Ltd. Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. http://www.hitachi-sk.co.jp/English/index.html IBM Japan, Ltd. http://www.ibm.com/ InfoCom Research, Inc. http://www.icr.co.jp/index.html Inktomi Japan K. K. http://www.inktomi.com/ Intel Corporation http://www.intel.com/ ITOCHU Corporation http://www.itochu.co.jp/main/index_e.html Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) http://www.nhk.or.jp/index-e.html Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. http://www.japan-telecom.co.jp/english/index.html Justsystem Corporation http://www.justsystem.com/ Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. KDDI Corporation http://www.kddi.com/english/index.html KENWOOD Corporation http://www.kenwood.com/ Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. http://www.kme.panasonic.co.jp/index_e.html Lucent Technologies Japan Ltd. http://www.lucent.com/ Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. http://www.mci.panasonic.co.jp/english/index.html Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/index.html Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc. http://www.panasonic.co.jp/mgcs/index.html Meisei Electric Co., Ltd. http://www.meisei.co.jp/frame5.htm Microsoft Corporation http://www.microsoft.com/ Mitsubishi Corporation http://www.mitsubishi.co.jp/En/index_top.html Mitsubishi Electric Corporation http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/ Motorola Japan Ltd. http://www.motorola.com/global/ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html nCUBE Japan http://www.ncube.com/ NEC Corporation http://www.nec.com/ Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. Nippon Telecommunications Consulting Co., Ltd. Nippon Television Network Corporation http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/ Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation http://www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/index_e.html Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation http://www.ntt-west.co.jp/index_e.html Nortel Networks Japan http://www.nortelnetworks.com NTT Advanced Technology Corporation http://www.ntt-at.com/index_e.html NTT Broadband Initiative Inc. http://www.ntt-bb.com/NTT-BBe/index.html NTT Communications Corporation http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html NTT COMWARE Corporation http://www2.nttcom.co.jp/english/ NTT DATA Corporation http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/index.html NTT DoCoMo. Inc. http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/index.shtml NTT-IT Corporation http://www.ntt-it.co.jp/company/index_e.html NTT Learning Systems Corporation http://info.nttls.co.jp/index_e.html NTT-ME Corporation NTT Software Corporation http://www.nttsoft.com/ Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. http://www.oki.com/en/ Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. http://www.olympus.co.jp/World/index.html Pioneer Corporation http://www.pioneer.co.jp/index-e.html Quick Corporation SGI Japan, Ltd. http://www.sgi.com/global/ Sharp Corporation http://sharp-world.com/index.html Sony Corporation http://www.world.sony.com/ Soliton Systems K.K. http://www.soliton.co.jp/en/index.html Sumitomo Corporation http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english/index.htm Tamura Electric Works, Ltd. http://www.tamra.co.jp/e/outline.html Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. http://www.tbs.co.jp/index.html Tokyo Electric Power Company http://www.tepco.co.jp/index-e.html Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/ TOSHIBA Corporation http://www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm U’s Communications Corporation http://www.usen.co.jp/ Victor Company of Japan, Limited http://www.jvc.com/ YOMIKO Advertising Inc. Zenrin Co., Ltd. http://www.zenrin.co.jp/company/summary.html (in alphabetical order)
Promoters KAWATA Toru Sharp Corporation KUSHIKI Yoshiaki Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. SUGIYAMA Mineo NEC Corporation SUZUKI Shigehiko Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TAKAHASHI Taira Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. YASUDA Hiroshi University of Tokyo
President YASUDA Hiroshi University of Tokyo
Executive Board KUSHIKI Yoshiaki Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Chair TAKAHASHI Taira Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. OGAWA Keisuke Hitachi, Ltd. TAKAHASHI Tsuneo Intel Corporation WAZAKI Nobuya Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) MURAKAMI Hitomi KDDI Corporation YANO Kaoru NEC Corporation OKADA Kazuhiko Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation KOUTAKE Teruyoshi (*1) Nortel Networks Japan (*1) Jan. 22, 2001.to May 15, 2001 Anthony Richardson (*2) Nortel Networks Japan (*2) May 15, 2001 to Mar. 26, 2002 HIRAMATSU Toshiyuki (*3) Nortel Networks Japan (*3) on and after Mar. 26, 2002 KAWATA Toru Sharp Corporation KUBOTA Yukio Sony Corporation (in alphabetical order of companies)
Administrative Office WATANABE Naoya Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Secretary-General
AIDA Satoko (*4) Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Bylaws Management (*4) Jan. 22, 2001 to Dec. 31, 2001 ARAI Hitoshi Nortel Networks Japan Treasurer CHIBA Tsuneyuki Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation General Affairs FUKUDA Yoshikazu Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. General Affairs FUKUZAKI Kazuhiro Sharp Corporation Site Arrangements HATORI Yoshinori KDDI Corporation Auditor ICHIMORI Takaki Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation General Affairs ISHIYAMA Yasushi Intel Corporation Publications KOHGA Yuji Sony Corporation Site Arrangements KOUMOTO Takahiro NEC Corporation Translation Management KUBOTA Yasuo Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Bylaws Management MOTOHASHI Keiya Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Site Arrangements MOTOKAWA Kenji Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. General Affairs NAKAZAWA Koji NEC Corporation Translation Management OKAZAKI Isao NEC Corporation Translation Management OKUDA Hiroshi Hitachi, Ltd. Auditor SHIBATA Tatsuo KDDI Corporation Auditor SHIMAZU Tetsuo (*5) Sharp Corporation Site Arrangements (*5) Jan. 22, 2001 to Jan. 17, 2002 TANAKA Mina Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Publications YABASHI Takashi Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Site Arrangements YAMASAKI Sunao Hitachi, Ltd. Auditor Contributors to the Service Committee UEDA Shigeru Sharp Corporation Committee Chair KUBOTA Yasuo Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. WG1 Chair UENO Motoharu TOSHIBA Corporation WG2 Chair
AIDA Satoko (*4) Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. DAIKOKU Yoshihiro InfoCom Research, Inc. EDA Shigehiro Hitachi netBusiness, Ltd FUJIMOTO Kazuo Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd. HASEBE Koichi TOSHIBA Corporation HASHIMOTO Kenichiro Dentsu Inc. ICHIMORI Takaki Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ITO Hideo National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology IWAMOTO Tetsuo Hitachi, Ltd. IZUMI Hiroyuki NTT Software Corporation KOSUGE Minako NTT Advanced Technology Corporation MATSUNAGA Motoyuki NEC Corporation MINAMI Seiichi Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. MISHIMA Shintaro U’s Communications Corporation MIYAKE Toshiyuki Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. MORIWAKI Tetsuro Sharp Corporation MOTOHASHI Keiya Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) ONUKI Akito NTT Communications Corporation SHIBATA Tatsuo KDDI Corporation SUDA Hiroshi Chita Medias Network Inc. TAJIMA Tomokazu Sony Corporation TAKAGI Koji Digital Content Association of Japan TAKAGI Shinichiro Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TANAKA Hiroshi KDDI Corporation TANAKA Mina Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. USHIKI Tatsuo NTT Advanced Technology Corporation YAMAGUCHI Norio Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.
Contributors to the Technical Committee HASEGAWA Satoshi NEC Corporation Committee Chair OKADA Tadanobu (*6) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation WG1Chair (*6) Jan. 22, 2001to Jul. 24, 2001 MIYAKE Kou (*7) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation WG1Chair (*7) on Jul. 24, 2001 and after MIZUHARA Noboru Hitachi, Ltd. WG2 Chair NAKANO Go Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. WG3 Chair MORITA Hideyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Chief Editor
ADACHI Yukio TOSHIBA Corporation AOYAGI Yasuhiro Inktomi Japan K. K. ARIIZUMI Takeshi KDDI Corporation CHIBA Tsuneyuki Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation DEMURA Tatsuhiko Intel Corporation FUTAMI Yasuhiro Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. HASHIMOTO Junichi Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation HAYASHI Kazuhiro Pioneer Corporation HAYATOMO Tadashi NTT Communications Corporation HIRAGA Toru Sony Corporation IGARASHI Tatsuji FUJITSU Limited INAMI Makoto FUJITSU Limited INOUE Shugo NTT Broadband Initiative Inc. ISHII Atsushi Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. IZUMI Hiroyuki NTT Software Corporation JINZENJI Hiroshi Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation KAWAHARA Tetsuya Pioneer Corporation KOBAYASHI Akira NEC Corporation KOSUGE Minako NTT Advanced Technology Corporation KUWABARA Hiroshi FUJITSU Limited MATSUOKA Tadashi nCUBE Japan MIWA Kunihiko IBM Japan, Ltd. MIYAGAWA Hideki Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. MORINISHI Yuji Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NAGAMATSU Hideko FUJITSU Limited NAKATA Toshiyuki NEC Corporation NIKI Teruki Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. NISHI Hiroyuki Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NOMURA Tetsuya Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation NUNOME Toshiro Pioneer Corporation OHTA Naohisa Sony Corporation OKAJIMA Keisuke Hitachi, Ltd. OKEYA Katsunori Hitachi, Ltd. OKUDA Hiroshi Hitachi, Ltd. SAKURAI Eisuke Nortel Networks Japan SHIMOJI Masayuki NEC Corporation SHIRAKAWA Kazuhiro Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation SOUI Hiroyuki Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. SUGIHARA Motooki Pioneer Corporation TAKAHASHI Eiichiro FUJITSU Limited TAKAYAMA Katsunori FUJITSU Limited TAKAYAMA Kazuho Hitachi, Ltd. TANABE Yoshinori Nippon Telecommunications Consulting Co., Ltd. TANNOH Hajime Intel Corporation TANI Mikiya NEC Corporation UENO Motoharu TOSHIBA Corporation URA Yasuo Sharp Corporation WAKASUGI Takashi Justsystem Corporation YOSHIDA Hitoshi Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. YOSHIURA Hiroshi Hitachi, Ltd.
Executive Board Chair: Service Committee Chair: UEDA Shigeru (Sharp) KUSHIKI Yoshiaki (Panasonic) Service M odelling W G (W G 1) Chair: KUBOTA Yasuo (DNP)
General Assembly Packaged Services SWG Leader: MOTOHASHI Keiya (NHK) Broadcast-like Services SWG Leader: YAMAGUCHI Norio (HP) President Interactive Services SWG Leader: TAJIMA Tomokazu (Sony) Net-live Services SWG Leader: MATSUNAGA Motoyuki (NEC) YASUDA Hiroshi Collaboration Services SWG Leader: TANAKA Mina (DNP) (The University of Tokyo) Technical Visits SWG Leader: TANAKA Hiroshi (KDDI)
Service Requirem ents W G (W G 2) Chair: UENO Motoharu (Toshiba) Administrative Office Secretary-General Technical Committee Chair: HASEGAWA Satoshi (NEC) WATANABE Naoya (NTT) Chair: MIYAKE Kou (NTT) Service Platform Architecture WG Leader: ARIIZUMI Takeshi (KDDI) (W G1) Leader: TAKAYAMA Katsunori (Fujitsu) Members of the Executive Board and the Administrative Office Chair: MIZUHARA Noboru (Hitachi) Service Platform /Provider IF W G Leader: FUTAMI Yasuhiro (DNP) Dai Nippon Printing (W G2) Leader: ADACHI Yukio (Toshiba) Hitachi Nortel Networks Intel NTT Chair: NAKANO Go (Panasonic) KDDI Panasonic Service Platform /User IF W G (W G3) NEC Sharp Leader: OHTA Naohisa (Sony) NHK Sony Leader: DEMURA Tatsuhiko (Intel)
“Interface Requirements for HIKARI Chief editor: MORITA Hideyo (NTT) Services” Editing Team Editor: IZUMI Hiroyuki (NTT SOFT) Editor: NIKI Teruki (Panasonic) Organizations of HSAC
Contents
Message from the President
Members
Promoters and Executive Board
Administrative Office
Contributors to the Service Committee
Contributors to the Technical Committee
Contents
Summary of HIKARI Service Concepts
Technical Report on HIKARI Service Network Architecture
Interface Requirements for HIKARI Services
Bylaws of HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium
Postscript from the Administrative Office
Summary of HIKARI Service Concepts
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Interface Requirements for HIKARI Services
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Bylaws of HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium
Article 1 Name of the Consortium The name of this Consortium is HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium (the “Consortium”).
Article 2 Purpose The Consortium aims to create and spread media-rich consumer services over an optical network (“HIKARI services”), and develops and promotes baseline services, architecture of a service platform, and interface requirements of the platform.
Article 3 Activities The Consortium undertakes the following activities to attain the purpose set out in Article 2. (1) Study service models, functional models and system models to develop HIKARI services defined consistently for all players from senders to receivers. (2) Publish the foregoing results as interface requirements. (3) Do anything reasonably necessary to attain the purpose of the Consortium.
Article 4 Member Classes The Consortium is composed of “members” and “special members” stipulated in Articles 5 and 7, respectively.
Article 5 Members A member is a body who agrees with the purpose of the Consortium, has submitted its membership application, and has received its membership number. If a member wishes to withdraw from membership, it shall notify the Consortium of its intention in writing.
Article 6 Admission Fee The admission fee is 240,000 JPY (tax not included), or a multiple of it as a member wishes. A member shall pay the admission fee by the end of the month following the month in which an invoice is issued. A member who withdraws from membership shall, in general, not be entitled to a refund.
Article 7 Special Members The Consortium invites a person or a body, that has academic experience, knowledge or know-how useful to the Consortium’s activities, to be a special member in order to receive advices. No admission fee shall be charged to special members.
Article 8 Disclosure of Information 1 The information disclosed in the Consortium shall not be confidential. 2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case where it is necessary to exchange secret information in Working Groups, members shall comply with the “Nondisclosure Agreement” stipulated separately, provided, however, that no member shall be obliged to disclose its own secret information or receive secret information from others.
Article 9 Organizations The Consortium comprises the General Assembly, the Executive Board, the Administrative Office and Committees.
Article 10 President The Consortium has a President. The President represents the Consortium and administers all the affairs and operations of the organizations. The first President shall be recommended by the Promoters and approved in the General Assembly.
Article 11 General Assembly The General Assembly comprises the President, members and special members. The General Assembly is convened when the President finds it necessary. Half of the number of both members and special members shall be a quorum provided, however, that in the case where letters of proxy or voting trust certificates were received from members and/or special members by 17:00 of two days prior to the date of the General Assembly, such members shall be deemed to have attended the General Assembly. The President shall chair the General Assembly. Resolutions of the General Assembly shall be adopted by affirmative votes of a simple majority of those members and special members represented in person or by proxy at the General Assembly. In the case where the numbers of affirmative and negative votes are the same, the President shall cast the deciding vote. A letter of proxy or voting trust certificate may be submitted in writing or by email.
The General Assembly shall vote on the following, in addition to the items set out elsewhere in these bylaws. (1) Amendments to these bylaws (2) Activity plans (3) Activity reports (4) Confirmation of fiscal reports (5) Other important matters related to management of the Consortium.
Article 12 Executive Board The Consortium has a Executive Board composed of the President, Promoters, and Directors nominated by the President and approved by the General Assembly. The President shall nominate the Chair of the Executive Board. Executive Board meetings shall be held, from time to time, to vote on the following: (1) Items to be submitted to the General Assembly. (2) Items entrusted by the General Assembly. (3) Items the President specifically finds necessary.
The Executive Board shall decide by affirmative votes of a simple majority of Directors. In the case where the numbers of affirmative and negative votes are the same, the Chair of the Executive Board shall cast the deciding vote.
Article 13 Administrative Office The Consortium has an Administrative Office. The Administrative Office supports the President in the smooth operation of the Consortium. The President shall appoint the members and the Secretary-General of the Administrative Office.
Article 14 Committees The Consortium may set up Committees for detailed studies. The President shall appoint a chairperson of each Committee. Each Committee may set up Working Groups as necessary. The frameworks for the Working Groups and matters necessary for their operation shall be decided by each Committee.
Article 15 Expenditure The expenditure necessary for operations of the Consortium shall be paid for, in general, by the admission fees. In the case where evaluations by an experimental trial are carried out as part of the activities of the Consortium, the Working Group in charge of the procedure and expenditure shall separately set out a plan on how to cover the costs.
Article 16 Secrecy In respect of the activities of the Consortium, secret information disclosed by members and special members in the course of the activities of Committees and Working Groups specified in Article 14 shall be handled as stipulated in “Nondisclosure Agreement.”
Article 17 Intellectual property handling Intellectual property related to the activity of the Consortium shall be handled as stipulated in “Intellectual Property Handling Agreement.”
Article 18 Term and Dissolution of the Consortium The Consortium shall exist for the period of one year from the date of establishment, provided, however, that the term of the Consortium may be extended or shortened by a resolution of the General Assembly.
Article 19 Agreed jurisdiction The Tokyo District Court shall have competent jurisdiction for all disputes which may arise relating to these bylaws or their provisions.
Article 20 Governing law These bylaws shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
Supplementary Provisions 1 These bylaws shall be enacted on the day of the inaugural General Assembly. 2 In these bylaws, the Promoters shall be Professor Hiroshi Yasuda, Sharp Corporation, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Nondisclosure Agreement
Article 1 Secret Information 1 In this Agreement, “Secret Information” shall mean proprietary information of a certain value designated as secret when a Member (“Member” in this Agreement shall mean any member or special member stipulated in the Bylaws of HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium, and the member who discloses secret information shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Disclosing Party”) discloses it to another Member who receives the information (hereinafter referred to as the “Receiving Party”) for the purpose of the study (hereinafter referred to as the “Study”) in HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium (hereinafter referred to as the “Consortium”). 2 The Disclosing Party shall (1) when disclosing Secret Information in writing to the Receiving Party, designate it as “secret” or with a comparable designation, or (2) when disclosing Secret information verbally to the Receiving Party, (a) declare that the information is secret at the time of disclosure and (b) issue a document describing the details of the information and designated as “secret” or with a comparable designation within thirty days after the disclosure. If, at the time of verbal disclosure, an officer or an employee of the Receiving Party signs their names or initials on a document of any format describing the details of the information and designated as “secret” or with a comparable designation, this requirement shall be considered fulfilled.
Article 2 Use of Secret Information 1 The Receiving Party shall not disclose Secret Information to any third party without prior written consent of the Disclosing Party for three years after receipt of the Secret Information even after the Consortium is dissolved or the Receiving Party withdraws from the Consortium. The Receiving Party shall not use Secret Information outside the scope of the Study without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party. 2 The foregoing provision notwithstanding, the Receiving Party shall be permitted to disclose Secret Information necessary for the Study to its parent or affiliate companies. In this case, the Receiving Party shall place the same obligation of confidentiality as it is subject to under this Agreement on the affiliate companies. An affiliate company shall mean any company, a majority of whose outstanding stock is or will be directly or indirectly owned and controlled by the Receiving Party. 3 The Receiving Party shall disclose Secret Information only to the employees and officers of the Receiving Party and its affiliate companies who have the need to know the information for the purpose of the Study. 4 No provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the officers or employees of the Receiving Party or its affiliate companies who have had no access to Secret Information of the Disclosing Party.
Article 3 Exceptions The following information shall not be regarded as Secret Information. (1) Information which is in the public domain at the time of disclosure, or comes into the public domain subsequent to disclosure through no fault of the Receiving Party or no breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party; (2) Information which is duly in the possession of the Receiving Party before the disclosure to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party; (3) Information which was developed independently by the Receiving Party without using Secret Information of the Disclosing Party; (4) Information which the Receiving Party has obtained from a duly authorized third party without undertaking any obligation; (5) Information which the Disclosing Party agreed in writing to be excluded from the obligations of confidentiality stipulated herein; and (6) Information which needs to be disclosed in compliance with an order of court or public offices.
Article 4 Warranty The Disclosing Party hereby warrants that it owns the right to disclose Secret Information to the Receiving Party.
Article 5 Restriction on Transfer A Member shall not transfer the whole or any part of the obligations or rights of this Agreement to a third party without the prior written consent of all the other Members.
Article 6 Term This Agreement shall become effective on the date when the membership number is issued and shall continue in effect until the Consortium is dissolved or the Member withdraws from the Consortium, whichever occurs earlier. This Agreement shall be binding on Members during this period, except for Articles 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, which shall continue in effect after the expiration or termination of this Agreement and shall be binding on any former Members.
Article 7 Return of Information After the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall without delay either return to the Disclosing Party or destroy (or delete immediately if stored on digital media) Secret Information including copies, in accordance with the instructions of the Disclosing Party, upon request from the Disclosing Party, upon dissolution of the Consortium, upon withdrawal from the Consortium, or when the Information becomes unnecessary in the course of the Study, and inform the Disclosing Party of the completion of such return, destruction or deletion in writing.
Article 8 Rights not given The Disclosing Party does not grant or transfer to the Receiving Party any intellectual property rights regarding the disclosed Secret Information, including industrial property rights, copyright or trade secrets, other than what is provided for in this Agreement.
Article 9 Others If any case arises that is not provided for herein or any doubt arises in the interpretation hereof, the problems shall be settled through bona fide negotiations between Members.
Intellectual Property Handling Agreement
Article 1 Definitions For the purpose of this Intellectual Property Handling Agreement, each of the terms set forth in this Article shall have the meaning indicated below:
(1) “Consortium” shall mean HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium. (2) “Member” shall mean a member or a special member as described in the Bylaws of HIKARI Service Architecture Consortium. (3) “WG” shall mean a working group under a Committee in the Consortium. (4) “HIKARI Service Architecture Specification” shall mean the specification for service set by the Consortium. (5) “TYPE I” shall mean technologies protected by a patent (awarded or pending before the establishment of the Consortium) owned by a Member. (6) “TYPE II” shall mean technologies that were newly created as part of the activities of the Consortium or WG after the Consortium was established and that were confirmed in a related document, such as the minutes of a WG. (7) “TYPE III” shall mean technologies that were newly created by a Member outside the activities of the Consortium and that do not fall in TYPE II.
Article 2 Handling of Patents A patent shall be handled as described below.
(1) A patent (including a pending patent) of Type I technology whose use is essential in the execution of HIKARI Service Architecture Specification is hereinafter called an “Essential Patent.” If a Member finds that it owns an Essential Patent, it shall notify this fact to the Administrative Office, describing the scope of the patent or disclosed pending patent, and shall license the use of the Essential Patent, under fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory conditions, to those who wish to use the Essential Patent in order to meet HIKARI Service Architecture Specification. However, if the Member cannot license the use of the Essential Patent at its own discretion, it shall notify this fact to the Administrative Office and discuss the matter separately.
(2) TYPE II technology shall be actively published through the Consortium website or proceedings as a part of HIKARI Service Architecture Specification. If the concerned WG agrees, application for a patent for technology generated as part of the activities of the Consortium or WG shall be made by the Member to which the inventor belongs (including the case where the inventor is a Member). In this case, any such patent, use of which is essential to meet HIKARI Service Architecture Specification, shall be treated in the same way as an Essential Patent of a TYPE I technology. However, the Member owning the said patent shall grant the use of the patent to Members free of charge (including cases where the Member makes a third party use the patent for its own business purpose).
(3) Application for a patent for any TYPE III technology may be made by the Member who invented it. However, if use of the patent is essential to meet HIKARI Service Architecture Specification, it shall be treated in the same way as an Essential Patent of a TYPE I technology.
(4) In order to clearly distinguish between the inventions of TYPE III and TYPE II technologies, Members are encouraged to apply for a Type III technology patent by themselves before bring the invention to a WG.
(5) HIKARI Service Architecture Specification shall be adopted and the Essential Patents relating to the specification shall be selected in accordance with the Guidelines stipulated separately.
(6) If it is found that an Essential Patent, necessary to fulfill HIKARI Service Architecture Specification, is owned by a non-member, either an alternative shall be adopted or each individual Member shall determine whether it will obtain a license for use of the patent.
(7) Whether Member-owned patents, use of which is essential to fulfill HIKARI Service Architecture Specification, should be licensed as a part of a patent pool or licensed individually shall be a matter for further study by the Consortium.
Article 3 Handling of HIKARI Service Architecture Specification HIKARI Service Architecture Specification shall be handled as follows.
(1) The copyright of HIKARI Service Architecture Specification shall be owned by the Administrative Office or by a party it designates. Any Member can use HIKARI Service Architecture Specification free of charge. However, such use does not include licensing of the patents involved.
(2) HIKARI Service Architecture Specification shall be made open to the public on the Consortium website, in the Consortium proceedings, etc.
Article 4 Use of logo If the Consortium establishes a logo that indicates conformance to HIKARI Service Architecture Specification, a Member may display the logo on its products or services in accordance with conditions that will be stipulated separately. The establishment and registration of the logo shall be undertaken by the Administrative Office. However, any dispute that may arise in connection with the display of the logo in products or services shall be resolved by the Member concerned.
Postscript from the Administrative Office
The past year has really been a dog year for broadband communication. If this pace accelerates further, the future that the Service and Technical Committees envisages will come earlier than they expected. For this to happen, member companies/bodies of HSAC must deeply look into the issues of how to set out to business based on these results. We expect that the alliance among various industries nurtured through activities of this Consortium will enable development of whole new fields of business, and as a result, our daily lives will dramatically change in the future.
During the activities of HSAC over the past year, there has been a run of bad news in the world, such as Japan’s lingering recession and the indiscriminate terrorist attacks in the U.S. and the subsequent U.S. attacks on Afghanistan. Shocking video images of the collapsing World Trade Center towers were delivered in real time from New York to us in Japan. Video images can convey at a glance the importance of events immediately. Not only bad news, but also video reports on new-found freedom in Afghanistan, for example, can directly convey the joy of people living there. We sincerely hope that broadband communication will help to promote not only convenience of daily life and industrial activities, but also cross-cultural exchange and communication among people all over the world, and thus will facilitate the prospects for all people of the world, regardless of their race, ethnicity, political opinion, or religion, to develop together.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge those who have made special contributions to HSAC. First of all we would like to thank Mr. Hiroyuki IZUMI and Ms. Minako KOSUGE for their editorial efforts leading to completion of this material. We would also like to thank Ms. Kumiko FUJII for her smooth assistance in holding meetings.