Human resource auction system, human resource auction server, subscriber management server, license organization server, and application program

• US 20030158807A1
• Filed: 03/15/2002
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Takeshi, Yoneda
• Granted Patent: US 7,636,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A job seeker access a human resource auction site from his/her mobile telephone and registers his/her personal information therein ((1)). The human resource auction site obtains the job seeker'"'"'s license certificate from a corresponding license organization ((2) and (3)). The license organization requests a communication carrier to collect a fee for the license certificate issuance ((4)). The communication carrier pays the fee to the license organization instead ((7)). The communication carrier adds the fee for license certificate issuance to a communication charge paid by the job seeker to the communication carrier so that the fee for the license certificate issuance can be collected ((8)). The human resource auction site pots personal information of the job seeker and holds a human resource auction. Recruiting companies participate in the auction and each of them places a bid for a salary payable to the job seeker who matches the job requirements by the recruiting company ((5)). A recruiting company having offered the highest salary can successfully bid ((6)).

Claims

1. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the client in the recruiting company uses the license certificate provided by the license organization as objective ability information of the job seeker.

2. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate;

a subscriber management server of a communication carrier;

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client, the license organization server and the subscriber management server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the subscriber management server of the communication carrier collects a fee for license issuance as a communication charge from an account of a user instead of the license organization server.

3. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the license organization server of the license organization issues and sends to the job seeker terminal a license certificate in accordance with a request from the job seeker terminal, and the job seeker terminal stores the license certificate provided by the license organization.

4. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the license organization server of the license organization downloads an application program to the job seeker terminal for displaying a screen for asking agreement for obtaining a license certificate to the job seeker, and, when a request for license issuance sent by the job seeker terminal is received under the agreement by the job seeker based on the application program, the license organization server issues and sends to the job seeker terminal the license, which is in turn stored by the job seeker terminal.

5. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the human resource auction server obtains, from the job seeker, contents of personal information of the job seeker and where the contents can be disclosed, downloads an application program to the job seeker terminal for obtaining information indicating whether or not the job seeker agrees or not, and discloses to a disclosed server the contents of the personal information of the job seeker and where the contents can be disclosed, which are obtained from the job seeker terminal under agreement by the job seeker based on the application program.

6. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the job seeker terminal sends encoded personal information, which can be decoded by the specified license organization server only, to the license organization server.

7. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the human resource auction server downloads to the job seeker terminal an application program for obtaining information indicating whether or not the job seeker agrees on fee payment for license certificate issuance and, if the agreement is realized by the application program, notifies to the license organization server that the fee payment is agreed by the job seeker, and the license organization server issues and transfers to the human resource auction server a license certificate based on the agreement on the fee payment.

8. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the job seeker terminal stores a heading of personal information on a storage area which can be read without any password, and an application program running on the job seeker terminal searches the storage area so that the heading of personal information stored in the job seeker terminal can be identified, and, in accordance with permission of the job seeker, the application program can read applicable contents of personal information from an area which cannot be read without permission of the job seeker and enters the applicable contents in a personal information entering field on a screen.

9. A human resource auction system, comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate;

a subscriber management server of a communication carrier;

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client, the license organization server and the subscriber management server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein each piece of personal information is signed by the subscriber management server and stored in the job seeker terminal.

10. An auction server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein, when personal information of the job seeker is received from the job seeker terminal at the time of registration in an auction, the auction server identifies job seeker'"'"'s license information in the personal information, obtains a license certificate relating to the job seeker from the license organization server corresponding to the identified job seeker'"'"'s license, and discloses the license certificate to the client of the recruiting company.

11. A subscriber management server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate;

a subscriber management server of a communication carrier;

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client, the license organization server and the subscriber management server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the subscriber management server collects a fee for license issuance as a communication charge from an account of a user instead of the license organization server.

12. A license organization server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the license organization server issues and sends to the job seeker terminal a license certificate in accordance with a request from the job seeker terminal.

13. A human resource auction server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the human resource auction server obtains, from the job seeker, contents of personal information of the job seeker and where the contents can be disclosed, downloads an application program to the job seeker terminal for obtaining information indicating whether or not the job seeker agrees or not, and discloses to a disclosed server the contents of the personal information of the job seeker and where the contents can be disclosed, which are obtained from the job seeker terminal under agreement by the job seeker based on the application program.

14. A license organization server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the license organization server receives, from the job seeker terminal, encoded personal information, which can be decoded by the license organization server only.

15. A human resource auction server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the human resource auction server downloads to the job seeker terminal an application program for obtaining information indicating whether or not the job seeker agrees on fee payment for license certificate issuance, notifies to the license organization server that the fee payment is agreed by the job seeker if the agreement is realized by the application program, and obtains a license certificate from the license organization server based on the agreement on the fee payment.

16. A subscriber management server in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate;

a subscriber management server of a communication carrier;

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client, the license organization server and the subscriber management server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein each piece of personal information is signed by the subscriber management server and stored in the job seeker terminal.

17. An application program in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the application program runs on the job seeker terminal, transfers personal information of the job seeker to the license organization server under the permission of the job seeker, and obtains and stores a license certificate from the license organization server.

18. An application program according to claim 17

wherein the application program is downloaded from the human resource auction server to the job seeker terminal.

19. An application program in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the application program runs on the job seeker terminal displays a screen for prompting the job seeker to select contents of personal information and where the contents can be disclosed, then displays a screen prompting the job seeker to select whether or not he/she agrees on the disclosure of the personal information, and if information regarding agreement on the disclosure of the personal information is received, transfers the agreement information to the human resource auction server.

20. An application program according to claim 19 wherein the application program is downloaded from the human resource auction server to the job seeker terminal.

21. An application program in a human resource auction system comprising:

a human resource auction server for performing a human resource auction;

a job seeker terminal, such as a mobile telephone, used by a job seeker;

a client of a recruiting company;

a license organization server for providing a license certificate; and

a network for connecting the human resource auction server, the job seeker terminal, the client and the license organization server in a radio or wired manner,

wherein the application program runs on the job seeker terminal, displays a screen for prompting the job seeker to select whether or not he/she agrees on payment for a fee for obtaining a license certificate, and if information regarding agreement on the fee payment is received, transfers the fee payment agreement information to the human resource auction server.

22. An application program according to claim 21 wherein the application program is downloaded from the human resource auction server to the job seeker terminal.