Permission-Based Personal Setting Sharing in Multifunctional Peripherals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems do not allow users to share personal setting information across users without proper permission, limiting flexibility and convenience in user authentication and data access.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that authenticates users and allows sharing of personal setting information based on permission information, enabling a requesting user to access and utilize another user's settings if permission is granted, through a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) with a processor that manages user authentication and data sharing processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personal setting information is restricted to each user only, then data security is improved, but user convenience and flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication of the requesting user and checks permission information in advance before allowing access to another user's personal setting information. This preliminary verification ensures data security is maintained while enabling convenient access for authorized users.
Solution Approach 2:
Permission information acts as an intermediary mechanism between the requesting user and the other user's personal setting information. This intermediary layer enables controlled sharing by mediating access rights without compromising the security of the original data ownership.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can access another user's personal setting information, then user flexibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments access control into distinct components: user authentication module and permission information module. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex access control requirements through modular, manageable components rather than a monolithic complex system.
Solution Approach 2:
When permission is granted, the system creates a copy of the personal setting information from the other user and provides it to the requesting user. This copying mechanism enables flexible access without requiring complex real-time synchronization or modification of the original data structure.
3Ease of operation
If permission-based sharing is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Permission information is established in advance through preliminary authentication and permission setting processes. This preliminary action simplifies subsequent operations by pre-configuring access rights, eliminating the need for complex runtime decision-making about who can access what data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to manage their own permission settings and access controls through self-service mechanisms. Users can configure who can access their personal setting information without requiring administrative intervention, reducing the operational complexity of the overall system.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain, from a certain user identified from input authentication information for authenticating the certain user, a request to share personal setting information regarding a personal setting of another user and permit the certain user to share the other user's personal setting information in accordance with permission information indicating the other user's permission.