Vendor Evaluation System with Group-Based Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In conventional crowdsourcing methods, there is a risk of confidential information leakage, overwork, and unreliable vendor evaluations due to the lack of control over information sharing and evaluation reliability, particularly in enterprise settings where trust relationships are crucial for matching human resources and business across enterprises.
Innovation Solution
An evaluation system that includes a first evaluator apparatus and a computing apparatus, allowing secure input, registration, and sharing of vendor evaluations within a controlled database access framework, ensuring evaluations are shared only among authorized groups and preventing leakage, while promoting accurate evaluations by restricting disclosure levels and managing sideline hours to prevent overwork.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the range of sharing evaluation reports is widened without limitation, then the evaluation report can be widely shared by a large number of recruiters, but the evaluator may fail to create an appropriate evaluation report because the evaluator is worried about leakage of evaluation content to the applicant
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user base into distinct groups (evaluators, recruits, other users) and implements group-based access control. The evaluation management device stores group information and controls evaluation report access based on the user's group membership, allowing wide sharing within authorized groups while preventing unauthorized access that would compromise reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different access rights and disclosure levels to different user groups. Evaluators in authorized groups can access and share evaluation reports, while applicants and unauthorized users cannot. This local differentiation of access quality enables broad sharing within appropriate boundaries while maintaining evaluation integrity.
2Loss of information
If evaluation reports are shared widely among recruiters, then the usefulness of evaluation reports increases, but the risk of confidential information leakage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The evaluation management device serves as an intermediary between evaluators and recruits. It controls the flow of evaluation information, allowing authorized sharing while filtering out unauthorized access attempts. The device mediates the contradiction by enabling information utility through controlled access while preventing harmful leakage through authentication and group-based permissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary authentication and group verification before allowing access to evaluation reports. By checking user credentials and group membership in advance, the system enables safe information sharing while preventing potential leakage before it can occur.
3Ease of operation
If the evaluation system allows free access to evaluation reports, then the ease of operation increases, but the control over information sharing and evaluation reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated group-based access control that operates without manual intervention. The evaluation management device automatically verifies user group membership and applies appropriate access rights, providing ease of operation through automated service while maintaining reliability through consistent enforcement of access policies.
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AI summary
An evaluation system that evaluates a vendor who has applied for a business includes: a first evaluator apparatus that is operated by an evaluator belonging to a first group; and a computing apparatus communicates with the first evaluator apparatus and accesses a database. The first evaluator apparatus receives an input of an evaluation for the vendor and transmits the evaluation which has been received to the computing apparatus. The computing apparatus registers a first evaluation information based on the evaluation received from the first evaluator apparatus in the database for each vendor, and when the computing apparatus has received a browsing request in a first communication established by an identification information which is used to identify a person belonging to the first group, the computing apparatus transmits the first evaluation information to a transmission source which has transmitted the browsing request in the first communication.