User Management Association in Multifunction Peripherals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user management systems for image forming apparatuses require users to delete and re-register when attempting to log in using a user icon or card communication, leading to cumbersome user registration processes due to potential duplication of user information.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that allows users to select whether to associate new user information with existing user information during registration, enabling the option to overwrite or maintain separate user IDs and management information, thereby simplifying the registration process and preventing duplication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If user information is registered with login ID and password for security authentication, then security is improved, but user registration becomes troublesome when duplication occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection during user registration to check if the entered login ID already exists in the user information storage. When a duplicate is detected, the system proactively displays a confirmation screen asking whether to associate the new card communication user with the existing login ID user, preventing registration troubles before they occur.
2Manufacturing precision
If user registration requires deletion of existing user information to avoid duplication, then data accuracy is improved, but time and effort for registration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback during the registration process by detecting duplicate login IDs and presenting the user with association options. This feedback mechanism allows users to make informed decisions about whether to associate or create separate users, maintaining data accuracy while avoiding the time-consuming deletion and re-registration process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system allows both login ID authentication and card communication authentication, then versatility is improved, but user management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple authentication methods (login ID/password and card communication) by allowing users to associate these different authentication types under a single user profile. When a card communication user enters a login ID that matches an existing user, the system combines the card communication functionality with the existing login ID user, simplifying user management while maintaining versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
A multifunction peripheral stores normal user information for executing user authentication in and an auxiliary storage. The multifunction peripheral has a quick login mode for simple authentication. When registering a new user in the quick login mode, the CPU determines whether a login name in the normal user information of an existing user matches a login name of the new user. When the two login names match, the user is allowed to select whether to associate the new user with the existing user. When selected to associate the new user with the existing user, the quick user information of the new user including the first management information and the second management information is generated using at least user ID in the normal user information of the existing user, the first management information is stored in the auxiliary storage, and the second management information is stored in a main storage.