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US 8,412,552 B2Granted
Trust lookup protocol
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsJochen Haller, Philip Robinson
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A trust look-up protocol is described that allows a meta-trusted third party, or trust directory, to mediate between parties of potential business collaborations and trusted third parties that are counted on to authorize or otherwise validate the business collaborations. The trust directory receives a trust request for a collaboration from one or more parties, and, based on the request, determines a specialty of a trusted third party that is suited to the request and the collaboration. The trust directory then obtains interface information for the trusted third party for forwarding to the requesting party. In this way, the trusted third party may make a determination as to whether the requesting party should proceed in the business collaboration. Afterwards, the trust directory may monitor communications that take place as part of the collaboration, for use in evaluating future requests and collaborations.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
A system comprising a processor configured to:
A computer program product tangibly embedded in a non-transitory machine-readable medium the computer program product comprising instructions that, when read by a machine, operate to cause a data processing apparatus to:
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Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
Involving remote charge determination or related payment systems: involving a third party
Commerce
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial
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This description relates to collaborative business processes.
Business interests often work with one another toward a common goal. In such partnerships or collaborations, each business typically provides value in its own area(s) of expertise. Businesses may work together for an extended period of time, intermittently over a given period of time, or only for a relatively brief time frame.
Once assembled, such partnerships provide the possibility of increased profitability for the businesses involved, and of lower prices for parties purchasing goods or services from the businesses. Moreover, as the businesses focus on their respective areas of expertise over time, their efficiency in these areas may increase, leading to still further increases in profit margins, and/or decreases in prices, as well as an increase in customer satisfaction.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a trust determination system.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for using the trust determination system of FIG. 1.
FIGS. 3A-3C are charts illustrating trust factors used by the trust determination system of FIG. 1 in making a trust determination.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a trust determination system 100. The trust determination system 100 is designed to allow business interests to determine, with some degree of confidence, whether or how to work with one another toward a common goal. The trust determination system 100, for example, may be instrumental in locating potential partners, evaluating whether a known potential partner may be trusted to perform to a desired level in the context of a particular project, and collecting information about on-going business collaborations for future trust determinations.
In FIG. 1, a first partner 102 generally represents a business interest, such as, for example, an enterprise, corporation, sole proprietorship, or any other type of business interest. Of course, the partner 102 also may represent other types of entities, such as, for example, schools, charitable foundations, or other non-profit entities.
The partner 102 seeks to form a partnership or other type of collaboration with another entity or entities, for the sake of achieving some goal. For example, the partner 102 may represent a manufacturing company that seeks to assemble a large or complex product, such as a passenger jet. In such cases, it may be impractical or impossible for the partner 102 to maintain a fill supply chain for the assembly and production of a required number of jets.