Peer Registration System for Verified Relationship Fulfillment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for establishing relationships, both personal and professional, often involve risks and uncertainties due to interactions with unknown entities, leading to hesitation and unfulfilled potential, as individuals and businesses may be reluctant to pursue relationships without assurance of reciprocity and confidentiality.
Innovation Solution
A peer registration and relationship fulfillment system that allows entities to seek and establish relationships with known entities using authenticated identities, enabling them to target specific peers and maintain confidentiality, thereby reducing risks associated with unknown entities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individuals use current online matching services to seek relationships with unknown entities, then they can expand their network and find potential matches, but they face risks and anxiety from interacting with unvetted individuals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mutual connection intermediary who acts as a trusted bridge between potential relationship partners. The system requires that both individuals be connected through a shared mutual connection, thereby mediating the interaction and providing verification that both parties are legitimate and vetted through the connection's endorsement, eliminating the need to directly trust unknown entities
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary vetting by requiring mutual connections to exist before allowing relationship initiation. The mutual connection pre-approves and introduces both parties to each other, conducting background checks and character assessments beforehand, so that when the actual relationship seeker interaction occurs, the reliability and safety concerns have already been addressed in advance
2Reliability
If individuals seek relationships with known entities, then they can reduce anxiety and risk, but they face barriers from lack of knowledge about reciprocity and fear of rejection
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where mutual connections provide information about the other party's relationship status and receptiveness. Before an individual initiates a relationship request, they receive feedback from their mutual connection about whether the target is likely to be receptive, reducing uncertainty and the fear of rejection, and making the initiation process easier and more informed
Solution Approach 2:
The mutual connection serves as an intermediary who facilitates the relationship initiation by introducing both parties, vouching for their character, and potentially pre-negotiating the terms of engagement. This intermediary role reduces the social friction and embarrassment associated with direct rejection, as the mutual connection can buffer the interaction and provide context
3Productivity
If companies recruit talented individuals directly, then they can secure top talent, but they face risks from poaching considerations and employee referral time limits
Solution Approach 1:
The mutual connection acts as an intermediary who verifies that the recruitment process complies with company policies regarding poaching and referral time limits. The system checks through the mutual connection's endorsement that appropriate time has elapsed since the employee's current role and that the recruitment follows ethical guidelines, thereby mediating between talent acquisition goals and compliance requirements
4Reliability
If businesses reveal their inclination to establish relationships upfront, then they can be transparent and build trust, but they may weaken their position in negotiations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary relationship validation through mutual connections before the actual business negotiation begins. The mutual connection verifies the legitimacy and intent of both parties in advance, so that when the businesses engage in negotiations, the trust and reliability have already been established through the intermediary's endorsement, allowing transparency without compromising negotiation leverage
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AI summary
A method and a system to allow Peers to register with and establish ownership of identities, such as email addresses, social network identities, phone numbers, etc., that they are recognized by in the real world, and then have these be utilized for the purpose of being targeted for relationship establishment. Correspondingly, the Peer uses identities of other Peers to seek relationships with these Peers, who too have registered and established ownership of their identities. Relationships are assessed for compatibility prior to fulfillment. A Relationship request could be made visible to all Peers, to the targeted Peer or to the targeted Peer if the targeted Peer also seeks an equivalent relationship with the Peer. Relationship fulfillment may be customized to allow for prior affirmations. Peers use their various network connected computing devices to utilize the system, which runs on a host of network connected computing devices.