Mobile Terminal Print Authorization via Kind-Code and App ID
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing print management systems face challenges in determining whether a print request from a mobile terminal is legitimate and authorized, especially when using multi-type printer drivers, leading to potential unauthorized access and functionality restrictions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing utilization management system that includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device connected via a network, where the device determines the acceptability of a process request based on a kind-code of the mobile terminal and identification information of the application, using a printer driver that supports multiple types of machines to generate and transmit process data, and assesses utilization restrictions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a print management server uses user name and IP address to determine whether a print request is allowable, then legitimate users can access the print device, but unauthorized users may still access the device through multi-type printer drivers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the authorization parameters from basic user name and IP address to include kind-code of mobile terminal and detailed application information. This parameter expansion enables more precise identification and restriction of unauthorized access attempts while maintaining legitimate user access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an information processing device as an intermediary between the mobile terminal and print device. This intermediary analyzes kind-code and application information to determine whether to allow the print request, providing an additional security layer that blocks unauthorized access attempts.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the system restricts print function utilization based on mobile terminal kind-code and application information, then unauthorized access is prevented, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authorization process into distinct functional modules: a process data generation part in the mobile terminal that creates process data including kind-code and application information, and a utilization restriction determination part in the information processing device that evaluates these parameters. This segmentation distributes complexity across multiple components rather than concentrating it in one system.
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AI summary
Provided is an information processing utilization management system (IPUMS) that can determine whether an information processing device (IPD) is available from an application of a mobile terminal (MT). The IMPUMS includes the MT and IPD connected thereto via a network, the IPD accepting a process request (PR) from the MT-installed application to execute a process. The MT includes a process data (PD) generation part generating PD based on the PR from the application to transmit the PD to the IPD. The IPD includes a PD receiving part receiving the PD, a MT kind-code obtaining part obtaining a kind-code of the MT from the PD, an application information (AI) obtaining part obtaining II of the application from the PD, and a utilization restriction determination part determining whether the PR from the AI is acceptable based on the kind-code of the MT and the II of the application.