Portable User Profile Management Across Organizations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current employment information systems lack the ability to securely store and verify employee profiles across different organizations, leading to sub-optimal training and feedback due to the lack of communication between disparate organizations and the potential for document authenticity issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that creates and manages a user profile accessible by multiple organizations without direct communication between them, using a remote computer to store feedback and documents with a chain of custody, allowing secure access and granular control over document privileges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If employee information and documents are stored within the context of current employment only, then the information is secure and verified, but the information becomes inaccessible to future employers and training continuity is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the employee profile into two distinct components: verified information (stored securely by the first organization) and unverified information (accessible to multiple organizations). This segmentation allows the profile to be portable while maintaining verification integrity for critical data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification mechanism where the first organization acts as a mediator that verifies specific portions of the employee profile. This intermediary approach enables future organizations to access the profile while relying on the first organization's verification for authenticity.
2Loss of information
If organizations do not communicate with each other, then each organization maintains independent control and security, but training feedback and employee development information cannot be shared
Solution Approach 1:
The employee profile is designed with universal access capabilities that allow multiple organizations to retrieve information without requiring direct communication between them. The profile structure supports multi-functional use across different organizational contexts while maintaining a single centralized repository.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized employee profile acts as an intermediary that enables information sharing between organizations that do not directly communicate. The profile mediates the exchange of training and feedback information while preserving organizational independence and security protocols.
3Ease of operation
If employees can upload documents to online employment services, then the services are easy to use and accessible, but the veracity and authenticity of the documents cannot be verified
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different quality levels to different portions of the employee profile. Verified information from the first organization is marked with high reliability indicators, while self-uploaded documents are marked as unverified. This local quality differentiation allows easy document upload while maintaining authenticity verification for critical data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system preemptively addresses document authenticity issues by implementing a verification status system before documents are used by future employers. Documents are pre-tagged as verified or unverified, preventing potential fraud while maintaining ease of upload functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for maintaining a user profile representing evolving user profile data of a first user, the user profile accessible by a first organization and a second organization without communication between the first organization and the second organization. The method includes creating the user profile by a remote computer based on feedbacks from a corresponding users of the first organization communicating with the remote computer via an application programming interface operating on the remote computer. The user profile data of the user profile is stored on a data source operated only by the third organization. The application programming interface and the remote computer enable connection, over a second network, between a second computer operated by the second organization and the data source having the user profile data. The method further includes thereafter granting access to the user profile to the second computer via the application programming interface.