Facsimile Report Output Control via Destination-Specific Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Facsimile apparatuses lack effective solutions for managing information security and convenience in report outputting, particularly for transmission reports and multi-address transmission reports, leading to potential information leaks and insufficient convenience in communication management reports.
Innovation Solution
A facsimile apparatus with a storage section for common and specific settings regarding report output, a determination section to prioritize specific settings over common settings for each destination, and an output section that controls the inclusion of information in reports based on these settings, enhancing security and convenience by allowing selective output of report information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If destination information is printed in communication management reports to improve convenience, then report usefulness is improved, but information security deteriorates due to potential leaks to third parties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating report output settings for different destinations. Instead of a uniform approach, the system allows specific destinations to have customized report output permissions while other destinations follow common settings. This enables selective information disclosure where sensitive destinations can prohibit report output while non-sensitive destinations maintain normal report functionality, thus resolving the contradiction between convenience and security.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If report output is prohibited for specific destinations to improve information security, then information leak risk is reduced, but report completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the report output control into common settings applicable to all destinations and specific settings for individual destinations. This segmentation allows the system to prohibit reports for sensitive destinations while maintaining reports for non-sensitive destinations, preventing information leaks without sacrificing overall report completeness. The determination section integrates both setting levels to make final decisions on a per-destination basis.
3Device complexity
If a unified report output setting is used for all destinations to simplify system complexity, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates as different destinations require different security levels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a determination section that can handle multiple setting types (common settings and specific settings) through a unified control mechanism. This multi-functional determination section evaluates both common and destination-specific settings to make report output decisions, allowing the system to maintain relatively simple structure while achieving high adaptability for different destination security requirements.
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AI summary
A facsimile apparatus includes a common setting which specifies whether a report regarding facsimile transmission is to be outputted, or not, and a specific setting which specifies whether an output of the report regarding facsimile transmission is to be permitted, or not, for each of at least one destination of the facsimile transmission. Further, the facsimile apparatus determines whether the report related to a facsimile transmission to at least one destination is to be outputted, or not, by applying the specific setting corresponding to the at least one destination in preference to the common setting. Further, if it is determined that the report related to the facsimile transmission to the at least one destination is to be outputted, the facsimile apparatus outputs the report including information related to the facsimile transmission to the at least one destination.