Selective Scan Data Inspection by Transmission Destination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses, such as image forming devices, perform time-consuming inspection processes on scan data regardless of the transmission destination, leading to unnecessary resource utilization and potential information leakage.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that selectively executes an inspection process based on the designated transmission destination, only performing the inspection when necessary, thereby optimizing resource usage and preventing information leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the inspection process is always executed on scan data, then information leakage prevention is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different inspection policies to different transmission destinations. Trusted destinations (registered in the trust management unit) receive scan data without inspection, while untrusted destinations undergo full inspection. This local differentiation of quality control resolves the contradiction by applying rigorous inspection only where necessary, rather than uniformly across all operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The inspection process dynamically adjusts its execution based on the transmission destination's trust status. The control unit queries the trust management unit to determine whether inspection is needed, making the inspection process conditional rather than static. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain high security for untrusted destinations while optimizing performance for trusted ones.
2Reliability
If the inspection process is always executed on scan data, then security is improved, but processing efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements location-based quality control where the inspection process is applied selectively based on the transmission destination. Trusted destinations stored in the trust management unit bypass inspection, while other destinations undergo inspection. This resolves the efficiency-security contradiction by concentrating security resources only where risk exists.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies inspection partially rather than universally. Instead of performing full inspection on all scan data transmissions, the system performs inspection only on transmissions to untrusted destinations. This partial action approach maintains adequate security while significantly improving processing efficiency for routine transmissions to known trusted destinations.
3Reliability
If the inspection process is executed on all transmission destinations, then information security is improved, but resource utilization worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The trust management unit maintains a registry of trusted destinations, allowing the system to apply different resource allocation strategies locally. Transmissions to trusted destinations consume minimal resources (no inspection), while transmissions to untrusted destinations allocate full inspection resources. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction between security and resource utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically allocates inspection resources based on the transmission destination's trust status. The control unit determines resource allocation by querying the trust management unit in real-time, allowing flexible adaptation of resource utilization to actual security needs rather than static over-provisioning.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus capable of switching execution of an inspection process depending on a transmission destination. The information processing apparatus includes at least one memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: extract a character string from scan data obtained by scanning a document, control to execute an inspection process, which determines whether a predetermined character string registered beforehand is included in the extracted character string, in a case where a first transmission destination is designated as information about a transmission destination of the scan data, and control not to execute the inspection process in a case where a second transmission destination different from the first transmission destinations is designated as the information about the transmission destination of the scan data.