Subdocument Permission Prompts for Faster Shared Document Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems require multiple authorization requests and consume communication resources when users attempt to access explanatory content linked to online documents, leading to inefficiencies in document reading and information acquisition.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that displays prompt information to authorize users directly to access target subdocuments, reducing the need for additional authorization requests by prompting users to share rights through first prompt information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If readers need explicit permission to access subdocuments, then security and authorization control are improved, but reading efficiency and information acquisition speed deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthorization controlVSAvoidreading efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary authorization by automatically granting readers access to subdocuments when they have access to the parent document, eliminating the need for readers to send authorization requests for each subdocument. This preliminary action maintains security while improving reading efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If authorization requests are sent for each subdocument access, then access control precision is improved, but communication resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess control precisionVSAvoidcommunication resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the authorization scope from parent document to subdocuments, so that authorization granted for the parent document automatically extends to its subdocuments. This reduces the number of separate authorization requests and decreases communication resource consumption while maintaining access control precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If multiple authorization requests are required for subdocument access, then security control is improved, but the number of operations and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity controlVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12632577B2Permission control method and device and electronic equipment

Publication Date: 2026.05.19 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD

AI summary

A right control method, a right control apparatus and an electronic device are provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure. when at least one reader of the document has the first user right on the target subdocument, the first prompt information may be displayed to remind a user who is currently browsing the document, that at least one reader of the document does not yet have access to the target subdocument. At this time, the user may determine the target reader among the at least one reader of the document by triggering the first prompt information, and authorize the target reader to have the second right on the target subdocument, so that the target reader among the at least one reader has access to the target subdocument.