Information Processing Apparatus Notification Controller

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current information processing systems face challenges in efficiently managing and notifying user interactions across diverse devices, particularly in ensuring secure access to protected information while providing flexible communication and response mechanisms.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus comprising an acquisition unit, a notification unit, and a controller that acquires user input, retrieves relevant information, and notifies output through compatible devices, utilizing automatic response AI for interaction and edge processing to optimize response handling across various devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the system notifies all interaction partners of every user input, then communication transparency is improved, but data transmission load increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication transparencyVSAvoiddata transmission load
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and identifies only the essential notification content from complete interaction data, sending only necessary information to interaction partners rather than transmitting all data, thereby reducing transmission load while maintaining communication transparency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial notification by determining which interaction partners need which specific information based on their roles and relevance, notifying only the necessary subset of partners with relevant information rather than all partners with all information

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

2Loss of information

If the system processes and notifies responses from all interaction partners, then response completeness is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse completenessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different processing priorities and notification strategies to different interaction partners based on their specific roles and the relevance of the interaction, processing critical responses faster while maintaining completeness across all partners

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates selective copies of interaction data tailored to each interaction partner's needs, generating customized notification content that maintains response completeness while reducing processing overhead through template-based generation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If the system accesses protected information for every interaction, then information accuracy is improved, but access security risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accuracyVSAvoidaccess security
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary authentication and authorization checks before accessing protected information, establishing security credentials in advance and maintaining security contexts throughout the interaction to ensure both accuracy and security

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary security management component that mediates between interaction requests and protected information access, verifying credentials and managing access rights to maintain both information accuracy and security

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10893014B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2021.01.12 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a notification unit, and a controller. The acquisition unit acquires input information including (i) information on a user and (ii) information that the user conveys to an interaction partner. The notification unit notifies information. The controller causes the notification unit to notify output information corresponding to (a) response information, to the input information, from the interaction partner and (b) the notification unit.