Unified Script Management for MFP Setting and Transmission Checking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for setting and managing multifunction peripherals (MFPs) require separate scripts for setting processing and checking transmission settings, leading to increased burden on project creators and complexity in managing setting results and check results separately.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a client for generating a script for setting processing and a management server to manage scripts for executing transmission processing and transmitting results, allowing the server to generate and transmit scripts for MFPs to perform setting and checking operations efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate scripts are created for setting processing and transmission checking, then the setting and checking functions can be performed independently, but the burden on project creators increases and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines setting scripts and checking scripts into a single integrated script file. The management server generates one unified script that contains both setting operations and transmission checking operations, eliminating the need to create and manage separate script files for each function. This reduces management complexity while maintaining functional independence through clear script structure and execution sequencing.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple separate scripts are managed for different MFP operations, then each operation can be controlled precisely, but the time required to manage and transmit scripts increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple operation scripts (setting, transmission checking, etc.) are merged into a single integrated script file that can be transmitted to multiple MFPs simultaneously. The script contains structured operation sequences that maintain precise control over each individual operation while reducing the time required for script management and distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server performs preliminary generation of integrated scripts that include all necessary setting and checking operations in advance. This preliminary preparation allows the scripts to be ready for immediate transmission to multiple MFPs, reducing the time required for on-site configuration and checking operations.
3Loss of information
If setting results and check results are managed separately, then each result type can be tracked independently, but the complexity of managing and analyzing results increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of setting results and check results into a unified result management system. The integrated script produces combined execution results that include both setting outcomes and transmission checking outcomes, allowing independent tracking of each operation type while simplifying overall result management and analysis through a single centralized system.
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AI summary
A management server includes a generation unit configured to generate a second script for executing transmission processing of data from an image processing apparatus to another image processing apparatus, and for transmitting by the image processing apparatus an execution result of the transmission processing to the management server. The management server is configured to, when the image processing apparatus starts setting processing, generate the second script and transmit a first script and the second script to a client.