Session Management for Multi-Terminal Log Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems face challenges in managing communication sessions across multiple terminals, particularly in scenarios where user identification is not unique, leading to difficulties in associating and managing operation logs across different user terminals.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus is designed with a session generating unit, an associating unit, and a processing unit that generates session information for each terminal, associates session information between terminals, and performs processes using operation logs stored on one terminal in response to operations performed on another terminal, enabling seamless communication and log transfer through NFC or short-range wireless communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If session information is generated for each terminal without unique user identification, then communication management for multiple terminals is enabled, but associating operation logs across different terminals becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the association mechanism into two parts: terminal identification (for communication management) and user identification (for operation log association). By separating these functions, the system can manage multiple terminals independently while still associating operation logs through the common user identifier, resolving the contradiction between multi-terminal adaptability and log association completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces user identification information as an intermediary that bridges terminal identification and operation log association. This mediator allows the system to link operation logs across different terminals by matching user identifiers, enabling log association without requiring unique user identification at each terminal while maintaining communication management capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If operation logs are transferred between terminals, then usability is enhanced, but security control becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service security control where the system automatically manages operation log transfer permissions based on user identification matching. The security mechanism operates autonomously by comparing user identifiers between terminals and automatically enabling or disabling log transfer, eliminating the need for complex manual security configurations while maintaining secure operation log sharing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If user identification is not uniquely required for terminal operations, then terminal accessibility is improved, but tracking and managing user-specific operation logs becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by obtaining user identification information in advance during terminal connection establishment. This allows the system to pre-configure the operation log association framework using user identifiers, enabling reliable user-specific log tracking from the outset while maintaining terminal accessibility without requiring unique user identification for each terminal operation.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a session generating unit, an associating unit, and a processing unit. The session generating unit generates, in a case where an operation is accepted from a first terminal with a user not uniquely identified, first session information in association with the first terminal and generates, in a case where an operation is accepted from a second terminal, second session information in association with the second terminal. The associating unit associates the first session information with the second session information in a case where an operation for associating the first terminal with the second terminal is accepted. The processing unit performs, in a case where the first session information is associated with the second session information, a process using an operation log stored in association with the first terminal, in response to an operation performed using the second terminal.