Remote Application Installation with Icon Position Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for installing applications on devices do not allow remote managers to designate the display location of icons on device screens, making it inefficient for bulk installations across multiple devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and program that includes a reception unit for receiving installation instructions and display location designations, and a control unit to manage the display of selection parts on device screens, enabling remote management of icon placement during application installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If application installation is performed remotely through a communication line, then installation efficiency for multiple devices is improved, but the ability to designate icon display locations is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the manager and multiple devices. The server receives installation instructions and icon display location designations from the manager, then transmits these to the target devices. This intermediary enables remote installation while preserving the ability to control icon placement, as the server acts as a central coordination point that maintains both installation efficiency and display location designation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The server is designed with multi-functionality, handling both application distribution and icon display location management in a single system. This universal platform allows the manager to perform both installation and display location designation operations remotely through one interface, eliminating the trade-off between installation efficiency and control capability.
2Ease of operation
If application installation is performed by directly operating each device, then icon display location can be designated, but installation time for multiple devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple installation operations into a single remote process. Instead of manually installing applications on each device individually, the manager can initiate a single installation command through the server that distributes the application to multiple devices simultaneously. This combining of operations dramatically reduces installation time while the server maintains the ability to designate icon display locations on each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows the manager to pre-configure icon display locations and installation parameters before initiating bulk installation. By preparing the installation instructions and display location designations in advance through the server, the actual installation process becomes a simple automated execution, minimizing the time required for multiple device installations while preserving full control over icon placement.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives an instruction to install a function in a device connected to a communication line, and receives designation of a display location of a selection part used to select the function on a screen displayed in the device in a case where the function is installed in the device, and a control unit that controls the screen of the device such that the selection part of the function is displayed in the display location, in which the designation is received in the reception unit, on the screen of the device.