Adaptive User Information Change Notification Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

In multi-tenant cloud services, existing systems lack the ability to control notification of user information changes based on the importance of services and the type of changed user information, leading to inefficient and inappropriate notification processes.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system with a user information management section and a control section that determines the notification method, including destination and timing, based on the type of service and the content of the change request, ensuring that notifications are tailored to the specific service and user information changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a uniform notification method is used for all user information changes, then the system is simple to operate, but the notification precision and appropriateness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by setting different notification methods (notification destination, notification time, approval requirements) for different services and user information types. The control section determines specific notification parameters based on the service type and change request content, ensuring each service receives appropriate notification treatment rather than a uniform approach.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If notification is sent for all user information changes, then information completeness is improved, but notification efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidnotification efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements partial action by selectively notifying only those services that actually use the changed user information. The control section determines which services should be notified based on the change request content and service characteristics, avoiding unnecessary notifications to services that don't use the changed information, thus improving efficiency while maintaining completeness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Reliability

If approval is required for all user information changes, then system reliability is improved, but processing speed deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem reliabilityVSAvoidprocessing speed

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the approval requirement flexible based on service type and change content. The control section dynamically determines whether approval is needed, and if so, which notification destination should provide approval. This adaptive approach ensures reliability for critical changes while enabling faster processing for less critical changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10992640B2Information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium for managing user information and change request

Publication Date: 2021.04.27 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing system includes: a user information management section that manages user information for use when plural servers provide services on a network; and a control section that, when receiving a request to change the user information, performs control to change a method of notifying change of the user information, including at least a notification destination and a notification time specified for each service, based on a type of a service using the user information related to the change request and contents of the change of the user information according to the change request.