Automated User Authority Assignment in Image Processing Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems fail to automatically set user authority levels for shared folders when transferring jobs between information processing apparatuses, requiring manual operations and being cumbersome, especially when dealing with multiple shared folders and group boxes.
Innovation Solution
An image processing system that includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus interconnected via a network, where the information processing apparatus transmits user information and access permission information to the image processing apparatus, which generates and records job access authority information, ensuring that user authority levels are automatically set and maintained for shared folders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual operation is used to set user authority level for a job, then the user authority level can be set, but the operation becomes extremely troublesome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus automatically determines and sets the user authority level for a job based on the access permission information of the shared folder, without requiring manual intervention. The apparatus serves itself by extracting authority level information from the shared folder's permission settings and applying it automatically to the job, eliminating the need for users to manually set authority levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The access permission information is extracted and stored in advance when the job is received, so that when users need to access the job later, the authority level is already predetermined. This preliminary extraction and storage of authority information eliminates the need for manual authority setting operations at the time of job access.
2Reliability
If Box function is used to create group Box for users, then user authority level can be set, but the user must complete necessary operations manually which is still troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus automatically creates the appropriate memory area structure and sets user authority levels based on the extracted access permission information, without requiring users to manually create group boxes or complete complex setup operations. The apparatus self-configures the storage structure according to the shared folder's permission settings.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data pieces are stored in different shared folders, then data organization is improved, but the user has to create a group Box for each shared folder which increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus universally handles multiple shared folders by extracting access permission information from each shared folder and automatically applying the corresponding authority levels to jobs. Instead of requiring separate group box creation for each shared folder, the apparatus uses a unified automatic determination process that works across all shared folders, maintaining data organization flexibility while reducing operational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus transmits a job, share user information indicating users who are permitted to access a shared folder, and access permission information defining the users' user authority level to use data stored in the shared folder, which is set for the shared folder, collectively to an image processing apparatus. Receiving these information pieces, the image processing apparatus generates job access authority information defining the users' authority level to use the received job, based on the access permission information, and records the job, the share user information and the generated job access authority information in a memory, with their connections.