Time Zone Correction for Remote Terminal Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses that remotely operate devices across different time zones require users to manually calculate and set execution times, which is inconvenient and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that allows users to select a base time zone from multiple time zones, automatically correcting the designated execution time for remote operation instructions sent to terminals, thereby simplifying the process and enhancing convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual time zone calculation is required for remote operation, then time zone compatibility is achieved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs time zone conversion and execution time calculation without requiring user intervention. The information processing apparatus acquires time zone information, calculates the time difference, and determines the execution time automatically, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring manual user calculation and input.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between the user and the terminal device. It receives the user's operation instruction, automatically handles the time zone conversion and execution time calculation, and then transmits the instruction to the terminal device, mediating the complex time zone coordination process.
2Ease of operation
If automatic time zone correction is implemented, then user convenience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus integrates multiple functions into a single system: it manages time zone information, calculates time differences, determines execution times, and transmits operation instructions. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity into a centralized system rather than distributing it across multiple components or requiring user-side complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the execution time parameter based on the selected base time zone. By changing the reference time zone parameter, the system automatically recalculates and adjusts the execution time to ensure correct operation timing across different time zones, handling complexity through parameter management rather than structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus that includes processing circuitry that: acquires information regarding a processing content to be performed by a terminal; acquires information regarding a designated time at which the terminal is designated to perform the processing content; acquires a selection of a base time zone from a plurality of time zones including at least a first time zone to which the information processing apparatus belongs and a second time zone to which the terminal belongs, the designated time being corrected according to the selected base time zone to set an execution time at which the terminal performs the processing content; and transmits an instruction to the terminal to perform the processing content at the execution time.