Server Authentication for Accurate Device Function Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users may inadvertently select an incorrect device identifier for enabling an extensible application, leading to improper function execution in existing systems.
Innovation Solution
A server-based system that receives and stores function information and authentication data, transmitting authentication information to the correct device for enabling the appropriate function, ensuring accurate selection of the function execution device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user selects a device identifier from a list on the product management data association screen, then the user can enable an extensible application on a specific image forming device, but the user may erroneously select an identifier different from the intended device
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays a screen showing the selected device identifier and provides a confirmation mechanism. The terminal device receives the selected device identifier, transmits it to the image forming device, and enables the extensible application only after verification. This feedback loop prevents erroneous selections by allowing the user to review and confirm the selected device before the function is activated.
2Productivity
If the system transmits product data and extensible application to the image forming device, then the function can be enabled on the selected device, but the process becomes complex with multiple transmission steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system combines the product data transmission and extensible application transmission into a single integrated process. The terminal device transmits both the product data indicating the association between the product and the image forming device, and the extensible application corresponding to the product data, in one operation. This merging reduces the number of separate transmission steps while maintaining the necessary functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to: transmit, in a case where the first function information is received from the specific device, the first authentication information to the specific device; receive, in a case where the first authentication information is input to a first function execution device after the first authentication information is transmitted to the specific device, the first authentication information from the first function execution device; and execute, in a case where the first authentication information is received from the first function execution device, a first enabling process for enabling the first function in the first function execution device, wherein the first function is identified by the first function information in the memory associated with the first authentication information.