JP7480587B2 - Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

Some image forming devices, such as printers and multifunction devices, have a function called report printing. Report printing refers to the function of printing the settings of various setting items of the image forming device. When a malfunction or inquiry occurs in the image forming device, a user or service person can use report printing to check the current settings of the image forming device.

However, the settings for the image forming device may include, for example, personal information of the user or other confidential information. Therefore, in order to prevent such information from being leaked to third parties, technology has been devised that does not output the settings for pre-specified setting items (for example, Patent Document 1).

When the configuration of an image forming device changes due to the addition of functions to the image forming device (for example, by installing an application or adding hardware), new setting items may be added to the image forming device.

However, with conventional technology, it is necessary to manually specify whether or not to output the added setting items.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and aims to reduce the burden of setting operations related to whether or not to output setting items added to an information processing device.

In order to solve the above problem, an information processing device has an output unit that outputs a setting value of a setting item, of a plurality of setting items related to the information processing device, whose value of a predetermined attribute satisfies a condition as an output target, and a setting item adding unit that, when a first setting item is added to the information processing device, sets the value of the predetermined attribute of a second setting item designated as a parent of the first setting item in a parent-child relationship of the plurality of setting items to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, and when a value is set to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, when there is a possibility that the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item does not satisfy the condition in a state in which the value of the predetermined attribute satisfies the condition, sets the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item .

This reduces the burden of setting up whether or not to output setting items added to the information processing device.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of a setting screen. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an item hierarchy storage unit 131. FIG. FIG. 4 illustrates an example of the configuration of a setting value storage unit 132. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for outputting a report. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a first output example of a report. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process performed by the image forming apparatus in response to addition of a setting item. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of additional item data. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second output example of a report.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of an image forming device 10 in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the image forming device 10 has hardware such as a controller 11, a scanner 12, a printer 13, a modem 14, an operation panel 15, a network interface 16, and an SD card slot 17.

The controller 11 has a CPU 111, a RAM 112, a ROM 113, a HDD 114, and a NVRAM 115. The ROM 113 stores various programs and data used by the programs. The RAM 112 is used as a storage area for loading programs and a work area for the loaded programs. The CPU 111 realizes various functions by processing the programs loaded into the RAM 112. The HDD 114 stores programs and various data used by the programs. The NVRAM 115 stores various setting information.

The scanner 12 is hardware (image reading means) for reading image data from a document. The printer 13 is hardware (printing means) for printing print data on printing paper. The modem 14 is hardware for connecting to a telephone line and is used to transmit and receive image data by FAX communication. The operation panel 15 is hardware equipped with an input means such as a button for receiving input from a user and a display means such as a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel may have a touch panel function. In this case, the liquid crystal panel also functions as an input means. The network interface 16 is hardware for connecting to a network such as a LAN (whether wired or wireless). The SD card slot 17 is used to read a program stored in the SD card 80. In other words, in the image forming device 10, not only the program stored in the ROM 113 but also the program stored in the SD card 80 can be loaded into the RAM 112 and executed. The SD card 80 may be replaced by another recording medium (e.g., a CD-ROM or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory). In other words, the type of recording medium that corresponds to the position of the SD card 80 is not limited to a specific one. In this case, the SD card slot 17 may be replaced by hardware that corresponds to the type of recording medium.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the image forming device 10 in an embodiment of the present invention. In Fig. 2, the image forming device 10 has a setting reception unit 121, a setting item addition unit 122, a report output unit 123, and the like. Each of these units is realized by processing executed by the CPU 111 of one or more programs installed in the image forming device 10. The image forming device 10 also uses an item hierarchy storage unit 131, a setting value storage unit 132, and the like. Each of these storage units can be realized using, for example, the HDD 114, or a storage device that can be connected to the image forming device 10 via a network, etc.

The setting reception unit 121 receives from the user setting values (including changes to existing setting values) for parameters or setting items (hereinafter collectively referred to as "setting items") of various functions of the image forming device 10. Setting of the setting values is performed, for example, via a setting screen that the setting reception unit 121 causes to be displayed on the operation panel 15.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the settings screen. In Figure 3, the settings screen 500 includes a hierarchy area 510 and a settings area 520.

The hierarchical area 510 is an area that can display (expand) lower (child) setting items in a hierarchical structure (parent-child relationship) related to multiple setting items of the image forming device 10, starting from the top-level (root) setting item. The hierarchical structure is a graph structure in which each setting item is a node and the hierarchical relationships (parent-child relationships) between setting items are edges. In the hierarchical structure, there may be multiple root nodes (top-level setting items).

In the initial state (immediately after the settings screen 500 is displayed), a list of the top-level setting items is displayed in the hierarchy area 510. When one of the displayed setting items is selected, the setting items that have that setting item as a parent (those directly subordinate to that setting item) are displayed. By repeating this recursively, setting items at any level can be displayed.

Some configuration items are merely nodes in a hierarchical structure (i.e., as categories for lower-level configuration items), and cannot have a setting value set. Hereinafter, such configuration items will be referred to as "categorised items". On the other hand, configuration items for which a setting value can be set will be referred to as "non-categorised items".

When a setting item that has a non-categorised item as a child node (child item) is selected in the hierarchy area 510, an input component for setting one or more setting items corresponding to the non-categorised item is displayed in the setting area 520.

In FIG. 3, the hierarchical structure of "Administrator Settings/Authentication/User Authentication/LDAP Authentication" is expanded in the hierarchy area 510 ("/" indicates a hierarchical separator between nodes), and an example is shown in which input components corresponding to each setting item ("Server 1", "Server 2", "SSL", "Connection Test") that is a child node (child item) of "LDAP Authentication", the lowest setting item in the hierarchical structure, are displayed in the setting area 520.

Information indicating such a hierarchical structure (hereinafter referred to as "hierarchical information") is stored in the item hierarchy storage unit 131.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the item hierarchy storage unit 131. As shown in Figure 4, the item hierarchy storage unit 131 stores attribute values such as item ID, parent item ID, item name, data type, authority, report output target, and security level for each setting item.

The item ID is identification information of the setting item. The parent item ID is the item ID of the setting item that corresponds to the parent node (parent item) in the hierarchical relationship (parent-child relationship). Therefore, by tracing the parent item ID of each setting item, the hierarchical relationship (parent-child relationship) between the setting items can be identified. The item name is the name of the item and is used as a character string for display on the setting screen 500. The data type is the data type of the setting value for the setting item and is used for selecting input components on the setting screen 500. The data type values include character string type, numeric type, date type, IP address type, byte string type, multiple choice type, password type, etc. For classification items for which no setting value is set, the data type is an invalid attribute. In other words, a setting item for which no value is set in the data type corresponds to a classification item. The authority is identification information of a user who has authority to change the setting value for the setting item. Setting items for which the logged-in user of the image forming device 10 does not have authority when the setting screen 500 is displayed may be hidden or grayed out on the setting screen 500. The report output target is an attribute that indicates whether or not the item is an output target in the report printing described below. The security level is an attribute that indicates the importance of the setting value from the viewpoint of security (preventing information leakage). In this embodiment, the security level is expressed by a positive integer, and the larger the value, the higher the importance (security level).

The setting reception unit 121 can identify the hierarchical relationship between setting items required to generate the setting screen 500 by referring to the item hierarchy storage unit 131. Note that, for convenience, FIG. 4 shows only records corresponding to the setting items required for a portion of the setting screen in FIG. 3, but records corresponding to other setting items are also stored in the item hierarchy storage unit 131.

The setting value storage unit 132 stores information as shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the setting value storage unit 132.

In FIG. 5, the setting value storage unit 132 stores a record (hereinafter referred to as a "value record") including an item ID, an item name, an initial value, a setting value, etc., for each non-categorised item. The initial value is a value that is used as a setting value when a setting value is not set. The setting value is a value that is set via the setting screen 500. Note that in FIG. 5, the setting values of the items corresponding to the setting area 520 of the setting screen 500 in FIG. 3 correspond to the setting values shown in FIG. 3.

When generating the setting area 520 of the setting screen 500, the setting reception unit 121, for a setting item that corresponds to a non-classified item, refers to the setting value storage unit 132 to identify a value to be displayed as the setting value of the setting item. Specifically, for a setting item for which a setting value is set, the setting reception unit 121 displays the setting value, and for a setting item for which no setting value is set and an initial value is set, the initial value is displayed. On the other hand, for a setting item for which neither an initial value nor a setting value is set, the setting reception unit 121 sets the state of the input component corresponding to the setting item to a state in which no value is set.

When a setting value for any setting item is input (changed) in the setting area 520 of the setting screen 500, the setting reception unit 121 records (overwrites) the input setting value in the "setting value" of the value record corresponding to the item ID of the setting item in the setting value storage unit 132.

Returning to FIG. 2, when a new setting item is added to the image forming device 10 due to the addition of a function to the image forming device 10, the setting item adding unit 122 adds a record related to the setting item to the item hierarchy storage unit 131 and also adds a value record related to the setting item to the setting value storage unit 132.

The report output unit 123 controls the execution of report output (printing) when an instruction to execute report output is input to the image forming device 10. A report refers to data that includes the setting contents of each setting item as an output target.

The following describes the process performed by the image forming device 10. Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the process for outputting a report.

For example, when a serviceman or the like inputs an instruction to output a report via the operation panel 15 (S101), the report output unit 123 acquires hierarchical information (record) related to one unprocessed setting item (hereinafter referred to as the "target item") from the item hierarchy storage unit 131 (FIG. 4) (S102). For example, one piece of hierarchical information is acquired in the order stored in the item hierarchy storage unit 131 (FIG. 4).

Then, the report output unit 123 determines whether the target item is a report output target (S103). Specifically, if the value of "report output target" in the hierarchical information of the target item is "True", the report output unit 123 determines that the target item is an output target, and if the value is "False", the report output unit 123 determines that the target item is not an output target.

If the target item is to be output (YES in S103), the report output unit 123 judges whether the target item is a security item (S104). A security item is a setting item that is not to be output from the viewpoint of ensuring security (preventing information leakage). The judgment of whether the target item is a security item is performed by comparing a threshold value related to the security level, which is set in advance for the image forming device 10, with the security level included in the hierarchical information of the target item. Specifically, if the security level of the target item is greater than the threshold value, the target item is judged to be a security item, and if the security level is equal to or less than the threshold value, the target item is judged to be not a security item. Note that if a security level is not set for the target item, the target item is judged to be not a security level. However, even if the target item is judged not to be a security item based on the security level of the target item, if a value is set for the parent ID of the hierarchical information of the target item (i.e., if the target item has a parent item) and the parent item is judged to be a security item, the target item is also judged to be a security item. In other words, if any of the setting items above (ancestors of) the target item in the parent-child relationship of the setting items is a security item, the target item is also determined to be a security item.

If the target item is not a security item (NO in S104), the report output unit 123 obtains the initial value and the setting value associated with the item ID of the target item from the setting value storage unit 132 (S105). Next, the report output unit 123 refers to the hierarchical information of the target item and determines whether the data type of the target item is a character string type (S106). This determination corresponds to determining whether an arbitrary character string can be set as an initial value or a setting value for the target item. In other words, if it is a character string type, an arbitrary character string can be set, and if it is not a character string type, an arbitrary character string cannot be set.

If the data type of the target item is not a character string type (NO in S106), step S107 is not executed and the process proceeds to step S108. On the other hand, if the data type of the target item is a character string type (YES in S106), the report output unit 123 executes a mask process on the initial value and the set value of the target item (S107) and proceeds to step S108. The mask process refers to a process of converting (or replacing) a character string as the initial value or the set value into another character string that is undecipherable. For example, each of the initial value and the set value may be replaced with "---". By doing so, it is possible to make a character string that may contain confidential information undecipherable, and it is possible to prevent the leakage of confidential information. When executing the mask process, if the initial value and the set value are different (i.e., if a set value is set), the report output unit 123 may add a symbol (for example, "*") to the end of the character string after the mask process of the initial value to indicate that the set value is different from the initial value. Note that masking is not required for initial values or setting values that are empty (have no value).

In step S108, the report output unit 123 adds the target item to the report. At this time, if a value is set for the "parent item ID" of the hierarchical information of the target item (i.e., if the target item has a parent item), the report output unit 123 may make the target item easier to visually recognize as a child item of the parent item by making the indentation larger than that of the parent item of the target item.

After step S108, the process proceeds to step S109. If the target item is not to be output (NO in S103), or if the target item is a security item (NO in S104), step S108 is not executed and the process proceeds to step S109. In other words, the security item is not to be added to the report (i.e., is not to be output).

In step S109, the report output unit 123 determines whether the target item is the last setting item (i.e., whether processing has been completed for all setting items whose hierarchical information is stored in the item hierarchy storage unit 131). If the target item is not the last setting item (i.e., if there are unprocessed setting items) (NO in S109), the report output unit 123 repeats steps S102 and onward. If the target item is the last setting item (YES in S109), the report output unit 123 controls the output of the report (S110). For example, the report output unit 123 causes the image forming device 10 to print the report. As a result, the report is output.

7 is a diagram showing a first output example of a report. Report R1 shown in FIG. 7 includes the device name of the image forming device 10 ("Device A"), the output date and time of report R1 ("2020/2/7 10:50"), and the item name, initial value, and setting value of each setting item added to report R1. Character string type initial values and setting values are output as "---". In addition, "*" is added to initial values that are different from the setting value. Note that "*" may be added not only to initial values but also to item names or setting values. Furthermore, setting items that have parent items are indented more than the parent items. Note that report R1 in FIG. 7 is based on an example in which the security level threshold set in the image forming device 10 is "3". Therefore, in FIG. 4, "LDAP Server 1" and "LDAP Server 2" with a "security level" of "3" (below the threshold) are included in report R1 because they do not correspond to security items.

On the other hand, in Figure 4, "Connection Test" for which "Report Output Target" is "False" is not included in report R1.

Next, a process procedure executed by the image forming device 10 when a new setting item is added to the image forming device 10 due to the addition of a function to the image forming device 10, etc., will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a process procedure executed by the image forming device 10 in response to the addition of a setting item. Note that the process procedure in FIG. 8 may be executed in synchronization with the addition of the function, or may be executed at any timing after the addition of the function (for example, at the timing when an execution instruction is input by the user).

In step S201, the setting item addition unit 122 reads additional item data that is input in association with the addition of a function (e.g., the installation of a program corresponding to the function).

Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of additional item data. As shown in Figure 9, the additional item data includes attribute values such as item ID, parent item ID, item name, data type, initial value, authority, report output target, and security level for each setting item (hereinafter referred to as "additional item") added with the addition of a function. The meaning of each of these attributes is as described above. The additional item data may be input, for example, in the form of a file or in another format. In Figure 9, the "parent item ID" of the first additional item does not match any of the item IDs included in the additional item data shown in Figure 9. This is because the parent item ID is an item ID for an existing setting item. In other words, the "parent item ID" of the first additional item is information that specifies the parent item of the additional item among the existing setting items. In this way, for an additional item, any of the existing setting items can be specified as the parent item.

Next, the setting item addition unit 122 acquires information (hereinafter referred to as "additional item information") regarding one unprocessed addition item (hereinafter referred to as "target item") from among the addition items included in the addition item data (S202).

Next, the setting item adding unit 122 records hierarchical information related to the target item in the item hierarchy storage unit 131 (FIG. 4) (S203). The hierarchical information can be extracted from the added item information of the target item.

Then, the setting item adding unit 122 judges whether the target item is a non-categorised item (S204). Such a judgement can be made by referring to the "data type" of the added item information of the target item. In other words, if a value is set in the "data type", the target item is a non-categorised item, and if no value is set in the "data type", the target item is not a non-categorised item (it is a categorised item).

If the target item is a classification item (NO in S204), proceed to step S209. If the target item is a non-classification item (YES in S204), the setting item addition unit 122 records the value record of the target item in the setting value storage unit 132 (S205). The value record records the item ID, item name, and initial value contained in the added item information of the target item.

Then, the setting item adding unit 122 determines whether the target item has a parent item (S206). Whether the target item has a parent item can be determined by whether the item ID of another setting item is set in the "parent item ID" of the added item information of the target item. In other words, if the item ID of another setting item is set in the "parent item ID", the target item has a parent item.

If the target item has a parent item (YES in S206), the setting item adding unit 122 determines whether the security level of the target item is higher than the security level of the parent item (S207). The security level of the target item can be acquired from the added item information of the target item. The security level of the parent item is stored in the item hierarchy storage unit 131 in association with the item ID set in the "parent item ID" of the added item information of the target item. The level of the security level can be determined by the magnitude of the security level value.

If the security level of the target item is lower (smaller) than the security level of the parent item (YES in S207), the setting item adding unit 122 overwrites (updates) the security level of the target item recorded in the item hierarchy storage unit 131 in step S203 with the security level of the parent item (S208), and proceeds to step S209. That is, when the security level of the target item satisfies the condition for being an output target (below a threshold in this embodiment), and there is a possibility that the security level of the parent item does not satisfy the condition, the security level of the parent item is set for the target item. Note that when the security level of the target item is lower than the security level of the parent item, this also includes the case where no value is set for the security level of the target item.

On the other hand, if the target item does not have a parent item (NO in S206), or if the security level of the target item is equal to or higher than the security level of the parent item (NO in S207), step S208 is not executed and the process proceeds to step S209. Note that if the security level of the target item is equal to or higher than the security level of the parent item, this also includes the case where no security level is set for the parent item.

In step S209, the setting item adding unit 122 determines whether the target item is the last added item (i.e., whether processing has been completed for all added items included in the added item data). If the target item is not the last added item (i.e., if there are unprocessed added items) (NO in S209), the setting item adding unit 122 repeats step S202 and subsequent steps. If the target item is the last added item (YES in S209), the processing procedure in FIG. 8 ends.

In the added item data shown in FIG. 9, the parent item ID of the first added item is "112233". The parent item ID of the second and third added items is the item ID of the first added item. According to FIG. 4, the setting item corresponding to the item ID "112233" is "user authentication". Therefore, the first added item, "XX server authentication", is added (as a child item) below user authentication, and the second and third added items are further added below that added item. Therefore, when the processing procedure of FIG. 6 is executed after the added items shown in FIG. 9 are added, a report such as that shown in FIG. 10 is output.

Figure 10 shows a second example of report output. Here, we explain the differences between report R2 shown in Figure 10 and report R1 in Figure 7.

In report R2, "XX server authentication" has been added alongside "LDAP authentication" (at the same level as "LDAP authentication") directly under "user authentication". Furthermore, "port number", which is a child item of "XX server authentication", has been added below "XX server authentication". Note that "server name", which is a child item of "XX server authentication" in FIG. 9, is not included in report R2. This is because FIG. 10 is based on an example in which the threshold for the security level is "3", just like FIG. 7. In other words, the security level of "server name" (=4) is greater than the threshold (=3), so it is not output to report R2. On the other hand, the security level of "port number" (=2) is equal to or less than the threshold (=3), so it is output to report R2.

As described above, according to this embodiment, each setting item has a security level as a predetermined attribute for distinguishing whether or not it is to be output, and the possibility (necessity) of output is determined by comparing the security level with a threshold value. For added items, if the security level of the parent item is higher, the security level of the parent item is automatically set. In other words, the same setting as that of the parent item can be given to the added item without having to set a security level for the added item in advance. As a result, the load of the setting work for enabling or disabling output of setting items added to the information processing device (image forming device 10) can be reduced.

Incidentally, the information processing device to which this embodiment can be applied is not limited to the image forming device 10. For example, this embodiment may be applied to information processing devices such as PJ (Projector), IWB (Interactive White Board: a white board with an electronic blackboard function that allows mutual communication), output devices such as digital signage, HUD (Head Up Display) devices, industrial machinery, imaging devices, sound collection devices, medical equipment, network home appliances, notebook PCs (Personal Computers), mobile phones, smartphones, tablet terminals, game consoles, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), digital cameras, wearable PCs, or desktop PCs.

In addition, this embodiment may be applied to an information processing system including multiple information processing devices (devices) rather than a single device. In this case, each unit shown in FIG. 2 may be distributed among multiple information processing devices.

The functions of the embodiments described above can be realized by one or more processing circuits. In this specification, the term "processing circuit" includes a processor programmed to execute each function by software, such as a processor implemented by an electronic circuit, and devices such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), DSP (digital signal processor), FPGA (field programmable gate array), and conventional circuit modules designed to execute each function described above.

In this embodiment, the image forming device 10 is an example of an information processing device. The report output unit 123 is an example of an output unit.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to such a specific embodiment, and various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.

10 Image forming apparatus 11 Controller 12 Scanner 13 Printer 14 Modem 15 Operation panel 16 Network interface 17 SD card slot 80 SD card 111 CPU
112 RAM
113 ROM
114 HDD
115 NVRAM
121 Setting reception unit 122 Setting item addition unit 123 Report output unit 131 Item hierarchy storage unit 132 Setting value storage unit

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Claims (4)

an output unit that outputs a setting value of a setting item, the setting value being one of a plurality of setting items related to the information processing device, the setting item having a predetermined attribute value that satisfies a condition for being an output target;
a setting item adding unit that, when a first setting item is added to the information processing device, sets a value of the predetermined attribute of a second setting item designated as a parent of the first setting item in a parent-child relationship of the plurality of setting items to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item;
having
the setting item adding unit, when a value is not set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, sets the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, and, when a value is set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, sets the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item when there is a possibility that the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item does not satisfy the condition in a state in which the value of the predetermined attribute satisfies the condition;
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing system including a plurality of information processing devices,
an output unit that outputs a setting value of a setting item, the setting value being one of a plurality of setting items related to the information processing system, the setting item having a value of a predetermined attribute that satisfies a condition for being an output target;
a setting item adding unit that, when a first setting item is added to the information processing system, sets a value of the predetermined attribute of a second setting item designated as a parent of the first setting item in a parent-child relationship of the plurality of setting items to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item;
having
the setting item adding unit, when a value is not set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, sets the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, and when a value is set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, when there is a possibility that the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item does not satisfy the condition in a state in which the value of the predetermined attribute satisfies the condition, sets the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item.
An information processing system comprising: an output step of outputting a setting value of a setting item, the setting value being one of a plurality of setting items related to the information processing device, the setting item having a predetermined attribute value that satisfies a condition for being an output target;
a setting item adding step of, when a first setting item is added to the information processing device, setting a value of the predetermined attribute of a second setting item designated as a parent of the first setting item in a parent-child relationship of the plurality of setting items to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item;
The information processing device executes the above steps ,
the setting item adding step includes, when a value is not set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, setting the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item; and, when a value is set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, setting the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item when there is a possibility that the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item does not satisfy the condition in a state in which the value of the predetermined attribute satisfies the condition.
23. An information processing method comprising: an output step of outputting a setting value of a setting item, the setting value being one of a plurality of setting items related to the information processing device, the setting item having a predetermined attribute value that satisfies a condition for being an output target;
a setting item adding step of, when a first setting item is added to the information processing device, setting a value of the predetermined attribute of a second setting item designated as a parent of the first setting item in a parent-child relationship of the plurality of setting items to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item;
causing the information processing device to execute the above steps ;
the setting item adding step includes, when a value is not set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, setting the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item; and, when a value is set for the predetermined attribute of the first setting item, setting the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item to the predetermined attribute of the first setting item when there is a possibility that the value of the predetermined attribute of the second setting item does not satisfy the condition in a state in which the value of the predetermined attribute satisfies the condition.
A program characterized by:

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