Digital Certificate Renewal Scheduling for Networked Information Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses face issues with automatic digital certificate renewal when settings for certificate management servers are not properly configured, leading to failed connections and inability to acquire updated certificates.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus is equipped with a setting unit to enable digital certificate issuance requests at designated times or intervals, along with a reception unit to receive necessary settings, a determination unit to verify the inclusion of required connection information, and an import unit to import these settings, ensuring seamless digital certificate management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If automatic renewal function for certificates is enabled without pre-setting the address of the certificate management server, then the automatic renewal function can be activated, but the information processing apparatus is unable to connect to the certificate management server and cannot acquire the certificate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by requiring the user to pre-set the address of the certificate management server before enabling the automatic renewal function. This ensures that when automatic renewal is activated, the necessary connection information is already in place, allowing the apparatus to successfully connect to the server and acquire certificates without interruption.
2Device complexity
If connection settings for certificate management server are not configured in advance, then device complexity is reduced, but the automatic renewal function fails to execute properly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent requires users to perform preliminary configuration of the certificate management server address before enabling automatic renewal. This balances device complexity by making only the essential connection setting required, while ensuring the automatic renewal function executes properly when activated.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus capable of connecting to an external apparatus via a network includes a setting unit configured to enable a function of transmitting an issuance request for a digital certificate to the external apparatus at a previously designated date and time or with a previously designated cycle and acquiring a digital certificate from the external apparatus in response to the issuance request, wherein the function is enabled by the setting unit under a condition that information required for connection to the external apparatus is previously input.