Dynamic Terminal Time Policy Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional terminal management systems inflexibly set usage-permitted time periods for client terminals, failing to accommodate varying actual job requirements and user needs, leading to inadequate management policies.
Innovation Solution
A management server connected to client terminals via a network, which stores and applies customizable usage-permitted time periods based on terminal states, allowing extension or reduction of usage times according to usage logs and policies, enabling flexible management schedules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed usage-permitted time period is set for client terminals, then terminal management and security are improved, but flexibility to accommodate actual job requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment of usage-permitted time periods based on terminal states and usage patterns. The management server automatically extends or modifies time periods according to actual usage requirements, transforming the static time restriction into a dynamic policy that adapts to changing job needs while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where usage logs and terminal states are continuously monitored and fed back to the management server. This feedback loop enables the server to adjust time periods based on actual usage patterns, ensuring that management policies reflect real-world requirements while maintaining security controls.
2Device complexity
If a unique usage-permitted time period is set for all terminals, then management simplicity is improved, but ability to meet individual user requests deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different time period policies to different terminals based on their specific states and requirements. Instead of a uniform time period for all terminals, the system customizes time permissions individually, allowing each terminal to have appropriate access hours matched to its actual usage patterns and job requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes time period parameters based on terminal states, usage logs, and detected patterns. The management server adjusts time period start times, end times, and duration based on actual usage requirements, enabling flexible customization without requiring complex manual configuration for each terminal.
3Loss of energy
If terminals are turned off at predetermined times, then energy saving and security are improved, but user convenience and job continuity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The management server automatically monitors terminal usage and makes decisions about time period extensions without requiring manual user intervention. The system self-adjusts based on usage patterns, detecting when terminals need to remain on and automatically extending time periods, thereby maintaining both energy efficiency and user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of usage patterns and terminal states before making time period adjustments. By predicting future usage requirements based on historical data and current patterns, the system proactively extends time periods before users experience inconvenience, ensuring continuous availability when needed while maintaining power savings when not required.
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AI summary
A management server which is connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, includes a storage unit adapted to store a management policy including usage-permitted time periods of the plurality of client terminals, and an application unit adapted to read out from the storage unit the management policy including the usage-permitted time period of the client terminal to be managed, output the readout management policy to the client terminal, and apply the usage-permitted time period to the client terminal, and extends the usage-permitted time period of the client terminal in accordance with a state of the client terminal.