Operation Management System Dynamic Access Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing operation management systems fail to securely provide operational information to execution managers while ensuring that information is not permanently accessible to managers whose rental period has ended, leading to security issues.

Innovation Solution

An operation management system that connects via a network to an information management system, utilizing a disclosure condition table and management table to determine if an execution manager satisfies positional and period conditions before permitting access to operational information, ensuring only authorized managers receive the necessary data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If operational information is permanently provided to execution managers, then execution managers can access work efficiency materials, but security issues arise when rental periods end

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess to operational informationVSAvoidsecurity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic access control where the provision of operational information changes over time based on rental period status. The system automatically transitions from providing information during active rental periods to restricting access when rental periods end, making the access control flexible and adaptive rather than static

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent establishes disclosure conditions in advance that define when operational information should be provided. By pre-configuring rental period start and end dates along with associated access rights, the system proactively manages information disclosure timing without requiring manual intervention when rental periods change

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If operational information is provided to all execution managers, then work efficiency can be improved, but information leakage to expired managers occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvework efficiencyVSAvoidinformation leakage
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different access rights to different execution managers based on their specific rental period status. Active rental managers receive full operational information for work efficiency, while expired managers have access restricted or revoked, creating localized quality differences in information provision tailored to each user's current authorization status

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If the system tracks rental periods and access rights, then security is enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal disclosure condition management framework that handles multiple functions through a unified system. The same infrastructure manages rental period tracking, access rights determination, information provision timing, and security control, avoiding the need for separate specialized systems for each function and reducing overall complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP3493145B1Operation management system and method for disclosing operational information
Publication Date: 2023.06.07 KOBELCO CONSTR MASCH CO LTD
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AI summary

A reception unit (121) receives, from an execution information terminal (23), an access request made by an execution manager to an operation management system (1). When the reception unit (121) receives the access request, a determination unit (122) determines whether the execution manager who has made the access request satisfies a disclosure condition stored in a first storage unit (123). When the determination unit (122) determines that the execution manager who has made the access request satisfies the disclosure condition, a permission unit (125) permits disclosure of the operational information to the execution manager.