Integrated Application Program for Image Forming Device Information Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional host apparatuses for image forming devices inefficiently manage device and user information across multiple applications, leading to redundant storage and increased storage space requirements.
Innovation Solution
An integrated application program with an API function is used to manage and store device and user information, allowing for efficient storage and retrieval of information across multiple applications, reducing redundancy and enhancing user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If device information and user information are stored separately for each application, then each application can access its required information independently, but storage space is wasted due to redundant storage of the same information across multiple applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the storage of device information and user information into a single centralized location that is shared across multiple applications. Instead of each application having its own separate storage area, the system implements a unified storage mechanism where information is stored once and can be accessed by any application that requires it, thereby eliminating redundant storage while maintaining accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal information storage system that serves multiple applications simultaneously. The centralized storage area functions as a shared resource that any application can access, making the storage system multi-functional rather than dedicated to a single application. This universal approach allows the same storage space to support numerous applications without requiring duplicate information for each one.
2Ease of operation
If the same information is copied and stored in multiple storage areas for different applications, then each application has direct access to its data, but the system complexity increases with more storage areas to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that allows applications to access shared information without requiring direct copies in each application's storage area. This intermediary layer manages the information storage and retrieval process, enabling applications to access data from a centralized location through a standardized interface, thereby reducing the complexity of managing multiple separate storage areas while maintaining efficient data access.
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AI summary
An information management method of a host apparatus which is connected to at least one image forming apparatus includes executing an integrated administration program which is installed in the host apparatus and integrally manages at least one application, receiving device information of at least one image forming apparatus, storing the received device information of the image forming apparatus, executing one of applications which are managed by the integrated administration program, loading the stored device information corresponding to the executed application; and performing a function of the application by using the loaded device information. With this, the method efficiently uses a storage space and improve user's convenience.