Server LAN Matching for Device Registration Accuracy

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing server systems lack efficient mechanisms for registering identification information of function execution devices based on network matching and registration conditions, leading to inappropriate or excessive data storage and registration processes.

Innovation Solution

A server system that receives authentication information and identification information from terminal and function execution devices, determines network matching, and registers information only if the devices belong to the same local area network and meet specified registration conditions, thereby controlling registration based on these criteria.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the server automatically registers identification information of function execution devices belonging to the same LAN as the terminal device, then the registration process is simplified and faster, but inappropriate or excessive data storage occurs when devices from different networks or not meeting conditions are registered

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregistration speedVSAvoidregistration accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs preliminary actions by receiving and storing authentication information along with associated condition information before actual device registration occurs. This preliminary setup enables the server to automatically verify whether registration conditions are met during the registration process, preventing inappropriate registrations while maintaining efficient processing speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The server implements a feedback mechanism where registration condition information is stored and referenced during the registration process. The server automatically determines whether the function execution device meets the predefined conditions before completing registration, providing feedback control that ensures registration accuracy without compromising processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the server stores condition information in association with authentication information, then registration conditions can be automatically verified, but the memory storage requirement increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecondition verification accuracyVSAvoiddata storage volume

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs preliminary actions by receiving and storing authentication information along with associated condition information before actual device registration occurs. This preliminary setup enables the server to automatically verify whether registration conditions are met during the registration process, preventing inappropriate registrations while maintaining efficient processing speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the server determines network matching and registration conditions before registering devices, then inappropriate registrations are prevented, but the registration process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregistration accuracyVSAvoidregistration process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs preliminary actions by receiving and storing authentication information along with associated condition information before actual device registration occurs. This preliminary setup enables the server to automatically verify whether registration conditions are met during the registration process, preventing inappropriate registrations while maintaining efficient processing speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The server implements self-service functionality by automatically determining whether function execution devices meet registration conditions without requiring manual intervention. The server autonomously compares device information against stored condition information and completes registration only when conditions are satisfied, reducing process complexity while ensuring accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11151242B2Server and non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions

Publication Date: 2021.10.19 BROTHER KOGYO KK

AI summary

A server includes a controller performs determining whether a first local area network and a second local area network match; determining, in a case where the first login request is received and in a case where the first registration request is received, whether the first function execution device satisfies the first registration condition; and registering by: controlling, in a case where the first local area network and the second local area network match and the first function execution device satisfies the first registration condition, to register the first identification information; wherein, in a case where the first local area network and the second local area network do not match, the first identification information is not registered; and wherein, in a case where the first function execution device does not satisfy the first registration condition, the first identification information is not registered.