Selective Managed Information Distribution via Usage History
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for transmitting updated managed information to multiple information processing apparatuses are inefficient, as they often send updates to all devices regardless of usage history, leading to wasteful storage and low utilization of data in unused apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that acquires update information for a specific user and determines distribution destination apparatuses based on the user's usage history, transmitting the updates only to apparatuses that have been used by the user, thereby optimizing data distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If updated managed information is transmitted to all information processing apparatuses, then all apparatuses have access to the latest information, but transmission efficiency decreases and storage is wasted on unused apparatuses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the target apparatuses into two groups: those that have used the specific user and those that haven't. Updated managed information is selectively transmitted only to the first group, avoiding unnecessary transmissions to the second group. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining information availability for relevant apparatuses while eliminating wasteful transmissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by treating different apparatuses differently based on their usage history with the specific user. Apparatuses with usage history receive updates, while those without do not. This differentiated approach ensures that information is distributed locally to where it is actually needed, improving transmission efficiency without compromising reliability for relevant systems.
2Reliability
If updated managed information is transmitted to all information processing apparatuses, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but data utilization is reduced due to storage in unused apparatuses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments apparatuses based on their usage history, identifying which ones actually utilize the specific user's information. By transmitting updates only to apparatuses in the utilization group, the system maintains comprehensive coverage for active users while eliminating storage waste in non-utilizing apparatuses, thereby improving data utilization efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the subset of apparatuses that have actual usage history with the specific user from the complete set of apparatuses. By taking out only the relevant apparatuses for update transmission, the system eliminates unnecessary storage operations in irrelevant apparatuses, improving data utilization efficiency while maintaining coverage for all actually using apparatuses.
3Ease of operation
If uniform transmission of updated information is performed to all apparatuses, then simplicity in transmission control is maintained, but transmission overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-storing usage history information that records which apparatuses have used the specific user. Before transmission, the system queries this pre-stored history to determine the target apparatuses. This preliminary preparation simplifies the transmission control logic while reducing overhead, as the system avoids unnecessary transmissions to apparatuses without usage history.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided an information processing apparatus enabled to share managed information that is managed and customizable for an individual user with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, and the information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires update information indicating that managed information of a specific user among a plurality of users has been updated by customization; determines some information processing apparatuses among the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, as distribution destination apparatuses to share updated managed information of the specific user, based on a use history of the specific user, after acquisition of the update information; and transmits the updated managed information to the some information processing apparatuses determined as the distribution destination apparatuses, after the acquisition of the update information.