Information Processing Apparatus for Data Registration Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the registration destination of data provided by a system, relying on system-provided information that may be falsified.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that requests registration destination information from multiple targets, allowing users to verify whether data is stored in a peer-to-peer (P2P) database or other storage units, and controls the output of this information to the user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the system provides registration destination information to users, then users can access data storage location information, but users cannot independently verify the authenticity of this information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregistration destination informationVSAvoidauthenticity of registration destination information
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where multiple targets (P2P database and C/S database) independently respond to verification requests about data storage locations. Users receive consistent registration destination information from multiple sources, enabling them to verify authenticity through cross-validation rather than relying on a single potentially falsified source.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary verification process where the information processing device acts as a mediator between users and multiple database targets. This intermediary collects and compares registration destination information from different targets before presenting it to users, ensuring the information's authenticity through multi-source validation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If users rely on system-provided registration destination information, then information access is simplified, but the risk of using falsified information increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessVSAvoidrisk of falsified information
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification actions by automatically requesting and comparing registration destination information from multiple targets before users access the data. This pre-verification process identifies potential falsification risks in advance, allowing users to access information with confidence without manually verifying each data source.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables users to independently verify registration destination information through self-service verification requests. Users can directly query multiple targets to confirm data storage locations without relying solely on system-provided information, empowering them to detect potential falsification themselves.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If the system uses a single data source for registration destination information, then system complexity is reduced, but the ability to detect falsification is weakened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem structureVSAvoidfalsification detection
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the verification process by dividing it into multiple independent verification channels, each querying different targets (P2P database, C/S database). This segmentation allows the system to maintain relatively simple individual components while achieving sophisticated falsification detection through the combination of multiple verification paths.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3779703B1Information processing device, information processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2022.09.21 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

[Problem] It is possible to confirm whether a registration destination of data is a peer-to-peer type database or a storage unit other than the peer-to-peer type database more appropriately. [Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including a requesting unit configured to request information regarding whether a registration destination of data is a P2P database or a storage unit other than the P2P database, to a plurality of targets which is different from each other, and an output control unit configured to control output of information obtained as a result of the request to a user.