Location-Based Network Configuration for Multi-Interface Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses require cumbersome and error-prone network and communication interface settings for multiple locations, necessitating extensive and repetitive configuration changes.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a network setting information storage portion, communication interface setting information storage portion, location information acquisition portion, network setting portion, and communication interface setting portion that allows for easy selection and configuration of network and communication settings based on location, eliminating the need for individual interface settings at each location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If network setting and communication interface setting are independently configured for each location, then communication can be performed at multiple locations, but the number of setting items increases significantly leading to mistakes and cumbersome operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines network setting items and communication interface setting items into a single integrated setting structure. Instead of separately configuring network parameters and interface parameters for each location, the system merges these settings so that when a user configures network settings for a location, the communication interface settings are automatically configured as well, reducing the total number of setting operations required
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal setting mechanism that works across multiple locations and multiple communication interfaces simultaneously. The setting structure is designed to be location-independent and interface-independent, allowing the same setting configuration to be applied universally across different locations and different types of communication interfaces (wired, wireless, etc.), eliminating the need for location-specific and interface-specific separate configurations
2Productivity
If network setting for a location is changed, then communication at that location can be optimized, but all communication interfaces corresponding to the location must be changed as well, requiring cumbersome operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges network setting changes and communication interface setting changes into a single operation. When a user modifies network settings for a particular location, the system automatically propagates these changes to all communication interfaces associated with that location, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration of each interface separately and greatly simplifying the operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes preliminary associations between network settings and communication interface settings during the initial configuration phase. By pre-linking the settings that will need to be changed together, the system prepares the configuration structure in advance so that future changes can be applied uniformly across all related interfaces without requiring repeated manual operations
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AI summary
The information processing apparatus comprises a network setting information storage portion for storing network setting information corresponding to each of a plurality of locations; a communication interface setting information storage potion for storing communication interface setting information corresponding to each of plural pieces of network setting information; a network setting portion for selecting one piece of network setting information corresponding to the location of the information processing apparatus; a communication interface setting information setting portion for selecting one piece of communication interface setting information from plural pieces of communication interface setting information associated with one piece of network setting information; and a communication portion for performing communication based on setting according to the one piece of network setting information and the one piece of communication interface setting information.