Communication Apparatus Shared Transmission Settings User Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional multi-function peripherals (MFPs) face challenges in managing transmission settings for multiple users, leading to limitations in the number of settings that can be registered, duplication of settings, and difficulties in selecting the correct transmission destination, especially when user-specific settings are intended for specific users during processes like email or file transmission.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves a communication apparatus that authenticates users and allows them to designate self-linked destinations for transmission and notification settings, registering these settings with specific information indicating their origin. When another user accesses these settings, the apparatus automatically sets the destination to the user who made the request, ensuring intended settings are applied.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If transmission settings are shared among multiple users, then the number of registered settings increases and settings can be reused, but the mode memory size becomes proportional to the number of users and reaches an upper limit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal transmission setting structure where a single registered setting can serve multiple users. The setting is stored with user identification information, allowing the same setting to be universally applied across different users rather than requiring separate copies for each user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds user identification information within the transmission setting structure itself. The setting contains nested user ID data that allows the system to identify which user is accessing the setting and automatically substitute the appropriate destination, creating a nested structure where user-specific information is contained within the shared setting.
2Ease of operation
If each user registers transmission settings for their own destinations, then user-specific settings are available, but multiple similar settings are created and it becomes difficult for users to select the desired setting
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of creating separate settings for each user, the patent makes a single setting universal by incorporating user ID information. The same setting can be universally used by multiple users, and the system automatically adapts it to the specific user context, reducing the total number of settings while maintaining user-specific functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary substitution of user-specific destination information during the setting registration phase. The setting is pre-configured with user ID markers that will be automatically replaced with actual destination information when each user accesses the setting, eliminating the need for users to manually create separate settings.
3Reliability
If the transmission destination is restricted to the authenticated user's destination when calling a mode memory setting, then security is improved, but the explicit intention of the user to transmit to a different destination is not reflected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary verification and substitution during the setting registration phase. The user's explicit intention to use a specific destination is captured and stored as user ID information in the setting. When the setting is called, the system preliminarily identifies the authenticated user and substitutes the appropriate destination, ensuring both security and respect for user intention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces user ID information as an intermediary between the shared transmission setting and the actual transmission destination. This intermediary contains the substitution rule that links the authenticated user to their intended destination, allowing the system to securely resolve the destination while respecting the user's explicit intention.
4Ease of operation
If processing sequences are replaced with user-specific processes, then user-specific processing is achieved, but the explicit intention of the user regarding replacement is not always reflected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary capture of the user's explicit intention during the processing sequence registration phase. The user's preferences regarding which processes should be replaced and with what user-specific processes are stored as substitution rules. When the processing sequence is executed, these pre-captured intentions are automatically applied, ensuring the user's explicit intention is reflected without requiring real-time user input.
Data Source
AI summary
In accordance with an authenticated user designating a destination linked to self as a transmission destination, the transmission destination is set, and a transmission setting including the set transmission destination is registered together with first information indicating that the transmission destination was designated by designation of the destination linked to self. Also, in a case where another user is authenticated, and in accordance with a read instruction for the registered transmission setting, the transmission setting that is the target of the read instruction was registered together with the first information, as a transmission destination of the transmission setting a destination linked to the another user, who performed the read instruction, is set.