Information Processing Apparatus User Relationship Privacy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems fail to effectively manage personal information exchange between users, particularly in ensuring that sensitive information is not shared with non-intimate partners, as they lack a mechanism to determine the appropriateness of personal information transmission based on user relationships.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that determines the relationship between users exchanging messages and assesses the propriety of personal information to be shared, using methods such as message frequency and common registration information, to decide whether to transmit or prohibit personal information based on the user relationship.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If personal information is freely exchanged between users, then communication convenience is improved, but privacy protection deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication convenienceVSAvoidprivacy leakage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary determination of user relationships and propriety of personal information before the actual message transmission occurs. The processor determines the relationship between users and assesses whether personal information should be shared based on predetermined criteria, preventing inappropriate information exchange before it can happen.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between users, mediating the exchange of personal information. It intercepts messages containing personal information, evaluates the appropriateness of transmission based on user relationships, and either permits or prohibits the transmission, thereby protecting privacy while enabling appropriate communication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If personal information transmission is restricted based on user relationships, then privacy protection is improved, but communication efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprivacy leakageVSAvoidcommunication efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial restriction rather than complete prohibition of personal information transmission. It selectively permits transmission to users with appropriate relationships while restricting transmission to those without, achieving privacy protection for critical information while maintaining communication efficiency for appropriate exchanges.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of information transmission based on the relationship parameter between users. By dynamically adjusting whether transmission is permitted or prohibited according to the determined user relationship, the system optimizes both privacy protection and communication efficiency for different user pairs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11558356B2Information processing apparatus

Publication Date: 2023.01.17 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to determine a relationship between a first user and a second user who exchange a message, determine propriety of personal information included in the message from the first user to the second user based on the determined relationship, and perform processing related to the personal information based on the determined propriety.