Communication Controller Group ID Permission Management

Solution Overview

Problem

As the number of applications on communication devices increases, users face difficulty in managing data communication permissions for each application, leading to uncontrolled data transmission and potential resource conflicts.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a system where data communication is prohibited by default, with a controller that receives requests from applications and permits or prohibits data transmission based on the group ID associated with each application, allowing users to easily manage permissions through unique user identifiers and group identifiers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If data communication permission is set for each application individually, then data communication control precision is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to the large number of applications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata communication control precisionVSAvoidpermission management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple applications are merged into a single group identified by a group ID. The controller manages permission at the group level rather than individual application level, reducing the number of permission settings from many individual applications to fewer group entities while maintaining control precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The group ID serves as a universal identifier that can represent multiple different applications. A single permission setting based on group ID applies universally to all applications within that group, eliminating the need for separate permission configurations for each application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If data communication permission is set for each application individually, then data communication control precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates as users cannot keep up with managing each application

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata communication control precisionVSAvoidpermission management ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple applications are merged into a single group identified by a group ID. The controller manages permission at the group level rather than individual application level, reducing the number of permission settings from many individual applications to fewer group entities while maintaining control precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The group ID serves as a universal identifier that can represent multiple different applications. A single permission setting based on group ID applies universally to all applications within that group, eliminating the need for separate permission configurations for each application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If data communication is permitted by default, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to uncontrolled data transmission and resource conflicts

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedefault permission settingVSAvoiddata transmission control reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of permitting data communication by default and requiring explicit prohibition, the system inverts the approach by prohibiting data communication by default and requiring explicit permission. This ensures that only applications with authorized group IDs can communicate data, preventing uncontrolled transmission and resource conflicts while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS9866679B2Communication apparatus, communication control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Publication Date: 2018.01.09 KYOCERA CORP

AI summary

A communication apparatus includes a controller that prohibits data communication by default, receives a request for data communication from an application, and permits data communication of the application in accordance with an ID of a group to which the application issuing the request belongs.