Information Processing System with Segmented Stop Controls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems lack the ability to allow users to easily stop or pause a series of processes on a file without manually intervening, leading to inefficiencies and increased user workload.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that displays processing buttons and stop/display elements for a series of processes, enabling users to automatically execute processes up to a designated stop location and allowing for temporary pauses or resumptions based on user instructions, using a management server and user terminal configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a series of processes is automatically executed on a file, then productivity is improved, but the ability to stop or pause the processes at desired locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The series of processes is divided into discrete segments, each associated with a processing button. The stop display element is segmented to show individual stop locations corresponding to each process segment, allowing users to stop at specific points rather than requiring complete automation or manual intervention at each step.
Solution Approach 2:
Stop locations are predetermined and displayed before process execution begins. The stop display element pre-shows all available stop locations, allowing users to plan and select desired pause points in advance, eliminating the need for real-time decision-making during automated execution.
2Ease of operation
If multiple processing buttons are displayed for a series of processes, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple processing buttons and their associated stop location indicators are merged into a single integrated display unit. The stop display element combines information about multiple stop locations and their corresponding processes into one cohesive interface, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The stop display element serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays stop locations, indicates current process position, provides selection interface for desired stop points, and controls process execution. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate control mechanisms for each process button.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes: one or plural processors configured to: display a processing button indicating each of plural processes to be executed on a file in one direction on a display unit, and in a case where the plural processes corresponding to plural processing buttons are executed as a series of processes, display a stop display element indicating a stop location at which the series of processes is to be stopped, in association with the processing button; and in a case where an instruction to execute the series of processes is accepted from a user, automatically execute a process among the plural processes, corresponding to the processing button included up to the processing button associated with the stop display element, in succession according to an arrangement order of the processing buttons.