Server Code-Based Registration for Image Processing Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing techniques for registering user account information and identification information unique to an image processing device with a server are cumbersome, requiring users to manually operate the device to retrieve and input identification information, leading to low usability.
Innovation Solution
A server system that communicates with image processing devices over a network, using a code-based registration process where a user inputs a particular code to associate user account information with the device's identification information, simplifying the registration process by eliminating the need for direct device operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually operate the image processing device to retrieve and input identification information, then the registration process can be completed, but the usability is reduced due to the cumbersome steps required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that stores identification information and communicates it to the image processing device. Instead of users manually retrieving and inputting identification information, the server automatically transmits the stored identification information to the device, eliminating the manual operation steps and improving usability while reducing registration time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-storing identification information in the server before the registration process. The server holds the identification information in advance, so when registration is needed, the information is already available and can be automatically transmitted without requiring users to manually retrieve it from the device
2Ease of operation
If the server stores and automatically transmits identification information, then the registration process is simplified, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the server to perform multiple functions: storing identification information, receiving user account information, determining correspondence between codes and identification information, and transmitting the identification information to the image processing device. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single server, managing complexity through functional integration
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AI summary
A server includes a controller and an interface for communicating with image processing devices and an information processing device. The controller performs: obtaining, from a first image processing device, first identification information about the first image processing device and a first particular code input to the first image processing device; determining whether at least one code in a storage contains the obtained first particular code; transmitting first corresponding information corresponding to the first particular code to the first image processing device when the at least one code contains the obtained first particular code; receiving the first corresponding information provided from the first image processing device to the information processing device and first user account information input to the information processing device; and registering the received first user account information and the first identification information identified by the received first corresponding information, into the storage in association with each other.