PERSONAL AND WORKFORCE REPUTATION PROVENANCE IN APPLICATIONS

• US 20140074547A1
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: B'FAR, REZA, SPAULDING, KENT, CENGIZ, YASIN, CHITULLAPALLY, SREEDHAR, WAXMAN, ALAN, KAL, YENAL
• Application Number:
  US13/932,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074547A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Techniques for storing information include making determinations whether to store data from a data source based at least in part on one or more reputation metrics calculated for an individual associated with the information. The scope of information collected about an individual is varied based on the individual'"'"'s reputation and/or the reliability of the source of information, which may be a social network system or other data source.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically managing an amount of provenance data collected for employees of an enterprise, the method comprising:

maintaining a reputation score for an employee of the enterprise, the reputation score comprising an indication of a risk associated with the employee;

detecting a change in the reputation score for the employee; and

changing a scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee based on detecting the change in the reputation score for the employee when the detected change exceeds a threshold amount of change.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining the reputation score for the employee comprises:

obtaining information associated with the employee from each of a plurality of data sources, wherein the plurality of data sources include at least one data source internal to the enterprise and at least one data source external to the enterprise;

performing a semantic analysis on the obtained information;

calculating a trustworthiness score for the obtained information, the trustworthiness score indicating whether the source of the obtained information is likely to be associated with the employee;

obtaining the reputation score for the employee; and

determining whether to store the obtained information based at least in part on the semantic analysis, the trustworthiness score, and the reputation score.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein maintaining the reputation score for the employee further comprises:

obtaining authorization information, the authorization information used to obtain the information associated with the employee from each of the plurality of data sources;

generating one or more keys using the authorization information;

encrypting the obtained information about the employee using the generated one or more keys; and

storing the encrypted obtained information about the employee.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the trustworthiness score is related to one or more of the source of information, the author of the information, or the reputation of the source or the author of the information.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising mapping one or more reputation scores to a single trustworthiness score.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing the trustworthiness score with the stored information and as part of the provenance information for use in further analysis.

2. The method of claim 2, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises increasing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee when the reputation score for the employee increases and decreasing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee when the reputation score for the employee decreases.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises modifying one or more aspects of storing data related to the employee in a reputation database.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises changing one or more conditions for storing data related to the employee in a reputation database and one or more sources of the data related to the employee.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises changing one or more sources of data related to the employee.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to dynamically manage an amount of provenance data collected for employees of an enterprise by;

maintaining a reputation score for an employee of the enterprise, the reputation score comprising an indication of a risk associated with the employee;

detecting a change in the reputation score for the employee; and

changing a scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee based on detecting the change in the reputation score for the employee when the detected change exceeds a threshold amount of change.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein maintaining the reputation score for the employee comprises:

obtaining information associated with the employee from each of a plurality of data sources, wherein the plurality of data sources include at least one data source internal to the enterprise and at least one data source external to the enterprise;

performing a semantic analysis on the obtained information;

calculating a trustworthiness score for the obtained information, the trustworthiness score indicating whether the source of the obtained information is likely to be associated with the employee;

obtaining the reputation score for the employee; and

determining whether to store the obtained information based at least in part on the semantic analysis, the trustworthiness score, and the reputation score.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein maintaining the reputation score for the employee further comprises:

obtaining authorization information, the authorization information used to obtain the information associated with the employee from each of the plurality of data sources;

generating one or more keys using the authorization information;

encrypting the obtained information about the employee using the generated one or more keys; and

storing the encrypted obtained information about the employee.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the trustworthiness score is related to one or more of the source of information, the author of the information, or the reputation of the source or the author of the information.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising mapping one or more reputation scores to a single trustworthiness score.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising storing the trustworthiness score with the stored information and as part of the provenance information for use in further analysis.

12. The system of claim 12, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises increasing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee when the reputation score for the employee increases and decreasing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee when the reputation score for the employee decreases.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises modifying one or more aspects of storing data related to the employee in a reputation database.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises changing one or more conditions for storing data related to the employee in a reputation database and one or more sources of the data related to the employee.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein changing the scope of the set of provenance data collected for the employee comprises changing one or more sources of data related to the employee.