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JP-2026074746-A - Information processing system, information processing device, and information processing program

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Abstract

[Challenge] To enable the use of individual user accounts when accessing cloud services within a workflow, without reusing accounts. [Solution] The information processing system according to the embodiment comprises a creation unit, a registration unit, and an execution unit. The creation unit uses a first account for accessing the cloud service to create a workflow that includes access to the cloud service, in accordance with the operations of the workflow creator. The registration unit registers a second account associated with a user for accessing the cloud service in response to instructions from a user via the network. When the execution unit executes a workflow in response to instructions from a user via the network, it uses the second account, which is registered and associated with the user who made the instruction, instead of the first account, to access the cloud service. [Selection Diagram] Figure 1

Inventors

  • 滝村 諒
  • 佐久間 翔
  • 前田 朋樹
  • 梅川 孔平
  • 岡田 周大

Assignees

  • 東芝テック株式会社

Dates

Publication Date
20260507
Application Date
20241021

Claims (5)

  1. A creation unit that creates a workflow in response to the operations of the workflow creator, and which uses a first account for accessing a cloud service to create a workflow that includes access to the said cloud service, A registration unit that registers a second account linked to a user for accessing the cloud service in response to instructions from the user via the network, When executing the workflow in response to instructions from the user via the network, the execution unit accesses the cloud service using the second account, which is registered and linked to the user who issued the instructions, instead of the first account. An information processing system equipped with the following features.
  2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein, when executing the workflow, the execution unit checks whether the second account associated with the user who issued the instruction is registered, and if it is not registered, it does not execute the workflow but issues a warning to the user who issued the instruction via the network.
  3. The aforementioned cloud service is a service that provides cloud storage having a destination folder for saving files, The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the user executes the workflow, the execution unit checks whether the user can access the destination folder in the cloud storage using the second account associated with the user who issued the registered instruction, and if access is not possible, it does not execute the workflow and issues a warning to the user who issued the instruction via the network.
  4. A registration unit that stores a second account linked to a user for accessing cloud services in a storage unit in response to instructions from the user via the network, When executing a workflow that includes access to the cloud service, created using a first account for accessing the cloud service, in response to instructions from the user via the network, the execution unit accesses the cloud service using a second account associated with the user who made the instructions, which is stored in the storage unit, instead of the first account. An information processing device equipped with the following features.
  5. When executed by the processor of an information processing device comprising: a receiving unit that receives instructions from a user via a network; a storage unit that stores information based on the received instructions from the user; and a processor that performs processing based on the received instructions and the stored information, The aforementioned processor, In response to the received instruction, the storage unit is made to store a second account associated with the user for accessing the cloud service. In response to the received instruction, when executing a workflow that includes access to the cloud service created using a first account for accessing the cloud service, instead of using the first account, the system uses a second account associated with the user who issued the instruction, which is stored in the storage unit, to access the cloud service. Information processing program.

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an information processing system, an information processing device, and an information processing program. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a service provision system that defines a workflow, standardized by the content of a task, for a series of operations related to a certain task. This workflow involves scanning a paper document using an image forming apparatus to create an electronic document, and then uploading this electronic document to a cloud service specified by the user using the cloud service account. The system then executes tasks based on this defined workflow. In this service provision system, when a logged-in user scans a paper document using an image forming apparatus, they can specify a workflow, start the workflow, and then perform the scan, thereby automatically executing the tasks defined in the workflow. By the way, in workflows that upload to cloud services as described above, the workflow itself connects to the cloud service, and the account used for this connection is the same account used when the workflow was created. On the other hand, at least some of the various cloud services currently in use prohibit the reuse of accounts through their terms of service. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2012-098957 Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a service provision system as an information processing system according to the first embodiment.Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a workflow creation server in a service delivery system.Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the management table storage section of the workflow creation server.Figure 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the creator terminal and user terminal in a service delivery system.Figure 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a user setting server as an information processing device according to the first embodiment.Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the user settings storage section of the user settings server.Figure 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation during workflow creation in the service delivery system.Figure 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the workflow creation process performed by the processor of the workflow creation server.Figure 9 shows an example of the registered services list screen displayed on the creator's terminal when a workflow is created.Figure 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating the process of registering an account for a user utilizing cloud services within the service provision system.Figure 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the account registration process performed by the user configuration server's processor.Figure 12 shows an example of the cloud service list screen displayed on the user's device during account registration.Figure 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation during workflow execution in the service delivery system.Figure 14 is a flowchart showing an example of workflow execution processing behavior performed by the user configuration server's processor.Figure 15 shows an example of an account invalidation warning window displayed on the user terminal when it is confirmed that no valid user account is registered prior to the execution of the workflow.Figure 16 shows an example of an access denied warning window displayed on the user's terminal when it is confirmed that the cloud service's save location folder cannot be accessed prior to the execution of the workflow.Figure 17 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation during workflow creation in the service provision system, which is an information processing system according to the second embodiment.Figure 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the workflow creation process performed by the processor of the workflow creation server.Figure 19 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation during workflow execution in a service provision system as an information processing system according to the third embodiment.Figure 20 is a flowchart showing an example of workflow execution processing operations performed by the processor of the user setting server as an information processing device according to the third embodiment.Figure 21 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a service provision system as an information processing system according to the fourth embodiment.Figure 22 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an integrated server as an information processing device according to the fourth embodiment. [First Embodiment] Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a service provision system as an information processing system according to the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the service provision system includes a workflow creation