Adaptive Application List Screen for Multifunction Peripherals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for downloading and installing applications on multifunction peripherals (MFPs) lack user authority-based screen content adaptation, resulting in low user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with an authenticating unit, an acquiring unit, a specifying unit, and a display unit that authenticates users, acquires and modifies application list screens based on user authority, and displays content accordingly, allowing only authorized users to access installation options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed application list screen is displayed for all users, then the system is simple to operate, but user convenience deteriorates because the display content cannot be adapted to different user authorities
Solution Approach 1:
The application list screen is made dynamic by automatically adjusting its content based on the authenticated user's authority level. The system retrieves the user's authority information and selectively displays or hides applications accordingly, transforming a static screen into an adaptive interface that responds to user credentials without requiring manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the application list screen are assigned different visibility qualities based on user authority. Certain applications are made visible only to users with specific authority levels, while other applications remain hidden. This creates localized variations in screen content tailored to each user's permissions.
2Ease of operation
If authentication is performed for all users accessing the application list, then system security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to unnecessary authentication steps for authorized users
Solution Approach 1:
User authentication is performed in advance before displaying the application list screen. The system authenticates the user, retrieves their authority information, and uses this pre-obtained credential data to control screen content. This preliminary authentication eliminates the need for repeated authentication during subsequent operations within the application list interface.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes an authenticating unit, an acquiring unit, a first specifying unit, and a first display unit. The authenticating unit, when accepting first user information used for authentication of determining whether a user has an authority, compares the first user information and second user information identifying a user having the authority. The acquiring unit acquires an application list screen, in which each of applications is associated with display information, in accordance with an operation performed by the authenticated user. The first specifying unit, when the acquiring unit acquires the application list screen, specifies authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the authenticated user, based on first information indicating a correspondence relation between the second user information and the authority information. The first display unit changes a display content of the application list screen and displays the changed content in accordance with the specified authority information.