Information Processing Apparatus for Access-Controlled Content Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
In content distribution systems, access to desired content is often limited due to IP address restrictions, domain restrictions, or geographic restrictions, making it difficult for users to access the appropriate storage destination devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that stores information on multiple storage destination devices and their associated condition information, allowing it to determine the appropriate device for content storage based on user attributes, thereby facilitating access for users by directing them to the correct storage location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If content is stored on a specific storage destination device with access restrictions, then security and control are improved, but user accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information processing apparatus as an intermediary between users and storage destination devices. This apparatus holds information on multiple storage devices and their access conditions, evaluates user attributes against these conditions, and automatically selects appropriate storage devices. This mediator resolves the contradiction by maintaining access restrictions while enabling users to access content through compatible devices without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of user attributes and storage device compatibility before content access. The information processing apparatus pre-stores condition information for multiple storage devices and evaluates whether user attributes satisfy these conditions in advance, automatically selecting the appropriate storage device. This preliminary action ensures both security requirements are met and users can access content without manual device selection.
2Reliability
If manual selection of storage destination devices is required, then precise control over content distribution is improved, but system complexity and operational burden deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing the information processing apparatus to automatically select appropriate storage destination devices based on pre-stored condition information and user attributes. The apparatus independently evaluates compatibility and makes selection decisions without requiring manual intervention from content providers or administrators. This automation maintains precise control over content distribution while significantly reducing system complexity and operational burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration of access conditions and device information in advance. The information processing apparatus pre-stores condition information for multiple storage devices, including access restrictions and compatibility criteria. When content distribution is needed, the apparatus automatically evaluates user attributes against these pre-configured conditions and selects the appropriate device, eliminating the need for manual selection while maintaining control integrity.
3Ease of operation
If multiple storage destination devices are used, then user accessibility is improved, but information management complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus serves multiple functions: it stores information on multiple storage destination devices, manages condition information for each device, evaluates user attributes, selects appropriate devices, and provides access information to users. This universal apparatus consolidates what would otherwise be separate management systems into a single multi-functional platform, improving user accessibility while preventing information management complexity from escalating.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functions of multiple storage destination devices and their associated management systems into a single information processing apparatus. This apparatus maintains a unified database of device information and access conditions, centralizing management while enabling users to access content through any compatible device. By combining these functions, the system improves accessibility without proportionally increasing information management complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a memory, an obtaining unit, a storing unit, and a controller. The memory stores information on plural storage destination devices and plural pieces of condition information in association with each other, wherein each of the plural pieces of condition information indicates a condition of a user who is allowed to access one of the plural storage destination devices. The obtaining unit obtains information on an attribute of a requesting user who requests access to content. The storing unit stores, in response to receipt of the request from the requesting user, the content in a storage destination device associated with condition information whose condition is satisfied by the attribute of the requesting user among the plural storage destination devices. The controller performs control to transmit, to the requesting user, information for accessing the storage destination device in which the content is stored.