Destination Grouping for Secure User Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems for managing transmission destinations lack security and operability, as they display unassociated destination tables and allow unrestricted access, leading to decreased search efficiency and security risks.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that groups destinations into user-associated groups, allowing only authorized users to browse and access specific groups, with a system that stores and displays these groups based on user permissions, enhancing security and operability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a destination table list function is provided to classify transmission destinations, then the ability to organize and manage destinations is improved, but security deteriorates because any user can access and edit all destination tables
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the destination table list into multiple user-specific destination tables, where each user has their own dedicated table. This segmentation isolates user data and prevents unauthorized access to other users' destinations, thereby maintaining security while preserving the organizational benefits of classification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing different access rights to different users. Each user has specific browsing and editing rights only to their own destination table, while other users' tables remain inaccessible. This localized access control maintains security while enabling efficient destination management for each user.
2Adaptability or versatility
If all destination tables are displayed to all users, then comprehensive access to destinations is improved, but operability deteriorates due to difficulty in finding desired destinations among many
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and displays only the relevant destination table for each user, removing unnecessary tables from the display. By taking out only the user's own destination table from the complete set of all tables, the system maintains comprehensive access capability while significantly improving search efficiency by reducing visual clutter and irrelevant options.
3Ease of operation
If unrestricted access to destination tables is allowed, then ease of editing is improved, but security deteriorates as users can arbitrarily modify others' destinations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by granting editing rights exclusively to the owner of each destination table. Users have full editing freedom for their own table but no access to others' tables. This localized permission system maintains security by preventing unauthorized modifications while preserving editing ease for authorized users.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus which stores a table in which a destination group and a user having a browsing right to browse the destination group are associated with each other refers to the table based on user information, and displays a list of destination groups for which the user has the browsing right. The apparatus accepts, from the user, selection of a destination group from the displayed list, and displays destinations included in the selected destination group.