Guardian Notification Workflow for Age-Verified Service Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to appropriately notify guardians when minors use online services, as they rely solely on user-initiated transmission of account information without verifying the user's age or ensuring guardian notification.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that determines the user's age and, if within a predetermined range, initiates notification processing to inform the guardian via email or push notification, ensuring compliance with region-specific age requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the system relies solely on user-initiated transmission of account information without age verification, then the system is simple to operate, but guardian notification cannot be ensured when minors use the service

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveguardian notification reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs age verification and determines the need for guardian notification before the service actually starts. The information processing apparatus verifies the user's age, determines whether the user is a minor, and prepares notification information in advance before the service commences, ensuring guardian notification reliability without complicating the service initiation process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between the user terminal and the guardian. It receives service use requests, verifies user age, determines whether guardian notification is needed, and transmits notification information to guardians through email or push notifications, thereby ensuring reliable guardian notification while maintaining system simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the system verifies user age and notifies guardians, then user protection is enhanced, but the processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser protection reliabilityVSAvoidservice initiation time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs age verification and notification preparation in advance before service initiation. By determining whether the user is a minor and preparing guardian notification information beforehand, the system ensures user protection reliability while minimizing the time loss during actual service startup

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The user terminal itself performs age verification and determines whether guardian notification is needed. The terminal checks if the user meets the predetermined age requirement and autonomously prepares notification information, reducing the processing burden and time loss associated with external verification systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If the system requires user to manually transmit account information to guardian, then the system remains simple, but the guardian cannot be notified that service use has started

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice start notification reliabilityVSAvoidoperation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The information processing apparatus serves as an intermediary that automatically transmits service start notification to the guardian. It receives the service use request, verifies age, determines notification necessity, and sends notification information through email or push notification, ensuring reliable service start notification while eliminating the need for manual user intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs automatic guardian notification without requiring manual user action. The user terminal autonomously determines whether guardian notification is needed based on age verification and automatically transmits notification information, ensuring reliable service start notification while maintaining operation convenience

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP4703943A1Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2026.03.04 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor that, when receiving a service use request from a user, executes notification processing for notifying a guardian of the user that the user starts to use a service when it is determined that an age of the user is within a predetermined age range.