Shared Setting Registration Control in Information Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems allow general users to freely register personal setting information as shared setting information, leading to unwanted information being registered and requiring authoritative users to manually manage and correct this, which is time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

Implementing an information processing apparatus that restricts the registration of personal setting information as shared setting information to only authoritative users, with the controller receiving operations from them to manage shared setting information, including display control and registration limits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If general users are authorized to freely register personal setting information as shared setting information, then the availability and usability of setting information is improved, but unwanted shared setting information is registered requiring manual management and correction

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveavailability of setting informationVSAvoidtime for manual management and correction

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an automated verification mechanism as an intermediary between general users and the shared setting information registry. This intermediary automatically verifies and filters user-submitted setting information, allowing general users to register information freely while preventing unwanted data from entering the shared pool, thus eliminating the need for manual management and correction by authoritative users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Quantity of substance

If general users are authorized to freely register personal setting information as shared setting information, then the quantity of shared setting information increases, but the quality and reliability of shared setting information decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvequantity of shared setting informationVSAvoidquality of shared setting information

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

An automated verification intermediary is introduced that filters and validates setting information submitted by general users. This intermediary maintains high quality standards while allowing unlimited quantity of submissions, automatically verifying each piece of information before adding it to the shared pool, thus preventing degradation of reliability despite increased quantity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service verification where the registration process itself includes automatic validation and quality checking. General users can freely submit setting information, but the system automatically verifies its quality and reliability before accepting it into the shared pool, eliminating the need for manual quality control while maintaining high standards.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If authoritative users manually verify and manage shared setting information, then the reliability of shared setting information is maintained, but the complexity of the management process increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereliability of shared setting informationVSAvoidcomplexity of management process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the manual verification process into an automated self-service system. The verification mechanism operates autonomously, automatically checking and validating setting information without requiring authoritative user intervention. This maintains reliability through consistent verification while dramatically reducing management process complexity by eliminating manual steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual verification process with an automated electronic verification system. Instead of authoritative users manually reviewing and managing setting information, an automated system performs verification electronically, maintaining reliability while reducing management complexity by substituting human manual processes with automated mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20250370612A1Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method

Publication Date: 2025.12.04 FUJIFILM CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: display a setting screen of setting information having on a per setting item basis a setting value used to perform a process, the setting information including personal setting information usable by only a specific user and shared setting information usable by multiple users; and receive, from only an administrative user having a wider right than a general user of the information processing apparatus, an operation to register the personal setting information as the shared setting information.