Information Processing System for Objective Activity Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to objectively recognize and evaluate relationships among questioning, answering, and rating activities, as these interactions are typically verbal or email-based and lack objective rating mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that receives questions, answers, and ratings, manages relationship information, and presents rating information based on user attributes, allowing for objective evaluation and visualization of these interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If questions and answers are exchanged verbally or via email between persons involved, then communication flexibility is improved, but objective recognition and evaluation of relationships among activities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary system that receives questions, answers, and ratings, and manages relationship information objectively. The server acts as a mediator between users, collecting and processing communication data to enable objective evaluation without interfering with the flexibility of verbal or email-based communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual, subjective evaluation methods with an automated information processing system that objectively analyzes relationships among questioning, answering, and rating activities. The system substitutes human judgment with algorithmic processing of communication data to achieve precise measurement of activity relationships.
2Device complexity
If ratings are given only by persons involved in questioning and answering, then simplicity of the rating process is improved, but comprehensiveness of evaluation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables any user on the system to function as a rater, not just those directly involved in question-answer pairs. The rating mechanism is universalized so that multiple independent users can evaluate the same content, improving evaluation comprehensiveness while maintaining system simplicity through a unified rating interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where ratings given by multiple users are collected and processed to provide comprehensive evaluation results. The feedback loop allows continuous improvement of evaluation reliability as more users participate in rating activities, while the system maintains simplicity through automated aggregation of rating data.
3Measurement precision
If relationship information among questioners, answerers, and raters is managed and analyzed, then evaluation accuracy is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments relationship information into distinct categories: questioner-answerer relationships, rater-ratee relationships, and attribute information. This segmentation allows the system to manage complex evaluation data through modular processing, improving evaluation accuracy while controlling system complexity through organized data structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates structured copies of relationship information and attribute data in a standardized format on the server. By copying and organizing relationship data systematically, the system achieves precise evaluation through structured analysis while managing complexity through standardized data representation and automated processing routines.
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AI summary
An information processing system comprising a processor programmed to: receive a question asked by a questioner, an answer provided by an answerer to the question, and a rating by a rater with respect to at least one of the question and the answer; manage relationship information, the relationship information being related to the questioner, the answerer, and the rating by the rater; acquire attribute information about each of the questioner, the answerer, and the rater; and present rating information based on the relationship information and in response to a condition specified by a requester with respect to the attribute information.