Relay Apparatus for Direct File Upload and Security Setting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image reading apparatuses without sufficient Web browser functions face difficulties in uploading electronic files to electronic file storing services and notifying authorized users of uploaded content, requiring additional steps and devices like personal computers.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus system with a storage unit, security setting unit, and notification processing unit that allows direct uploading and security setting of electronic files to electronic file storing services, and notifies authorized users without the need for a terminal with a fulfilling Web browser function, utilizing a relay apparatus to manage upload and security settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If an image reading apparatus without sufficient Web browser functions is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ability to upload electronic files to electronic file storing services and notify authorized users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a relay apparatus as an intermediary between the image reading apparatus and the electronic file storing service. The relay apparatus receives upload requests from the image reading apparatus, performs the actual file upload to the service provider's server, and handles notification to authorized users. This mediator approach allows the image reading apparatus to maintain simple functionality while still achieving complex upload and notification operations through the relay apparatus.
2Ease of operation
If a terminal apparatus with fulfilling Web browser function is used for uploading, then the upload and notification functionality is improved, but the device complexity and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex Web browser functions (file upload capability, security setting interface, notification system) from the terminal apparatus and relocates them to the relay apparatus. This extraction allows the image reading apparatus to remain simple while the relay apparatus handles all the complex operations that would otherwise require a full-featured terminal with Web browser capabilities.
3Reliability
If manual upload process through terminal apparatus is used, then the security setting capability is improved, but the loss of time and operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The relay apparatus performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring security settings and user authorization lists before the actual file upload occurs. The relay apparatus maintains pre-established communication channels and security protocols with the electronic file storing service, allowing it to handle security settings and notifications automatically without requiring manual terminal operations, thus improving operational efficiency while maintaining security capabilities.
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AI summary
A service cooperation system is provided with a multi-function apparatus and a relay apparatus. The service cooperation system changes a disclosure condition of an album in which an electronic file is categorized and stored, for an electronic file storing service offered by the service provider. Without the need for a terminal apparatus such as a personal computer having a fulfilling web browser function, an image reading apparatus itself can perform uploading process, setting of an album of an upload destination and security setting/changing for an album, while notifying the user, who is authorized to a limited disclosure and to view the album, that the album has been updated.