Information Processing Terminal for Unified Relay Service Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Web Intents mechanisms require individual registration of function information for each relay function, leading to repetitive user interactions and lack of usability when accessing multiple services, and often necessitate authentication management and agreements between function providers and users.
Innovation Solution
An information processing terminal with a presentation unit that integrates function information from multiple relay functions into a unified selection screen, allowing users to select and request services without repetitive registration, and a request unit to acquire and present function information across different relay functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If function information is registered individually for each relay function, then each relay function can independently manage its service connections, but users must repeatedly perform registration processing for each relay function even for the same function information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the function information management across multiple relay functions by introducing a shared storage unit that stores function information once and makes it accessible to all relay functions. This eliminates the need for separate registration processing for each relay function, thereby reducing user time and improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage unit serves multiple relay functions universally, allowing any relay function to access the same function information without requiring re-registration. This multi-functional approach enables a single registration to serve multiple purposes across different relay functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If function information is managed separately for each relay function, then each relay function has independent control over its services, but the system complexity increases due to multiple individual management processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual function information management processes into a single centralized storage unit. This reduces system complexity by eliminating redundant management structures while maintaining the ability of each relay function to independently access needed information.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage unit acts as an intermediary between relay functions and function information. Instead of each relay function directly managing its own service connections, they all interact with the shared storage unit, which simplifies the overall system architecture while preserving adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If authentication information is stored by the function user-side, then the function can be accessed, but the user must correctly and safely manage this authentication information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an authentication foundation as an intermediary that handles authentication between the function calling-side and function provider-side. This mediator manages authentication information centrally, reducing the burden on individual users while maintaining security through standardized authentication protocols.
Data Source
AI summary
A user agent (UA) .1 presents a selection screen for selecting function information for calling a function provided by a service in a network with use of the UA.1. Upon detecting that an import button is pressed on the selection screen, the UA.1 acquires a UA list with use of an Intent technique to display the UA list. Upon a selection of a UA.2 from this list, the UA.1 requests the function information to the UA.2, and presents the selection screen in such a manner that the function information acquired based on the request is further included in the selection screen.