Dual-Side Authority Management for Secondary Service Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

In existing information processing systems, managing authority for users to access secondary services is inefficient, as the service provider side lacks direct involvement in user registration, leading to difficulties in assigning and managing usage authority for users receiving primary services.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system with a first management unit on the user side and a second management unit on the provider side, where the second management unit acquires information about users not assigned authority to use the secondary service from the first management unit, enabling the provider side to manage and assign access rights directly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If user registration and authority assignment is managed only by the user side, then the user side can independently manage their users, but the provider side cannot directly assign authority to users

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveUser side independence in managing usersVSAvoidProvider side capability to assign authority

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a provider-side management unit as an intermediary that communicates with the user-side management unit. This mediator enables the provider to acquire user information and assign authority without directly interfering with user-side operations, thus maintaining user independence while enabling provider authority assignment capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by having the user side register users and manage their basic information independently. The provider side then acquires this pre-registered user information and assigns authority based on this existing data, combining both independent user registration and provider authority assignment capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the provider side does not involve itself in user registration, then the user side can fully manage their own users, but the provider side faces difficulties in assigning and managing usage authority

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveUser side full control over user registrationVSAvoidAuthority assignment efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The provider-side management unit acquires user information from the user-side management unit through feedback mechanisms. This allows the provider to receive updated user data and assign authority efficiently based on current user information, maintaining user-side control while enabling productive provider authority management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The user-side management unit serves multiple functions: it registers users, manages user information, and provides this information to the provider side for authority assignment. This multi-functional design allows the user side to maintain full control while the provider side gains efficient access to user data for authority management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If authority assignment requires manual intervention from both sides, then detailed control can be maintained, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveDetailed control over authority assignmentVSAvoidAuthority assignment process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the user registration function and the authority assignment function into a coordinated process. The user-side management unit registers users and stores their information, while the provider-side management unit acquires this information and assigns authority. This merging of functions into a coordinated system reduces complexity while maintaining detailed control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The user-side management unit performs self-service by independently registering users and managing their basic information without requiring provider intervention. The provider side then automatically acquires this information and assigns authority, reducing the need for manual coordination and simplifying the overall process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11481506B2Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Publication Date: 2022.10.25 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing system includes a first management unit that manages assignment of authority to use a second service to a first user registered for a first service in the individual unit on a user side receiving provision of the first service, and a second management unit that manages a second user having authority to use the second service on a provider side providing the second service, in which the second management unit acquires information regarding the first user not assigned with the authority to use the second service, from the first management unit.