JP2003122862A - Mediation method for technical development skill - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of intensively collecting the technical development skill of researchers belonging to universities and public research institutions and efficiently and effectively mediating it to companys to promote the custom-made technical development conformed to the technical development need of the companys. SOLUTION: In this mediation method for technical development skill is characterized in that a virtual integrated research institute comprising at least a company research institute site, a research institute site, a company database, a researcher database, an access right management system and an integrated research institute management company terminal is established on a computer system to intensively collect the technical development skill of scattered researchers, and to mediate the intensively collected technical development skill on the basis of the technical development need of the company.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of mediating technical development skills, and more specifically, by establishing virtual research institutes on a computer system and consolidating the technical development skills of scattered researchers. The method of mediating technical development skills to participating companies.

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2. Description of the Related Art Universities and public research institutes have an uneven distribution of high technology development skills of a group of technical experts, and also have many intellectual property rights that are not used for business. For technical information useful for such economic activities, an organization such as TLO is established to patent the results of research and development, and the patents owned are promoted to promote their use in companies. There is. However, at present, the transmission of this information is insufficient for companies, especially small and medium-sized companies, or many studies conducted by universities and public research institutes are academic, and the technology required by companies is The useful technical information possessed by universities and public research institutes is underutilized due to reasons such as the need and published patented technology not being sufficiently compatible.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to make researchers who belong to universities or public research institutes to promote tailor-made technical development that meets the technological development needs of companies. The purpose is to provide a method for consolidating the technology development skills of and to mediate this efficiently and effectively.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a result of intensive research to solve the above problems, the present inventors have established virtual research institutes on a computer system to aggregate the technical development skills of scattered researchers, It has been found that the above-mentioned problems can be achieved by mediating the integrated technology development skills to the company based on the technology development needs of the company, and the present invention has been completed based on such knowledge. That is, according to the present invention, the following intermediary method for technological development skills is provided. (1) A method of consolidating technical development skills of scattered researchers by establishing virtual research institutes on a computer system and mediating the aggregated technical development skills to participating companies, which comprises (a) computer system Above, at least corporate research sites, laboratory sites, corporate databases,
A step of opening a virtual research institute consisting of a researcher database, an access right management system, and a research institute management company terminal; and (b) after assigning a nickname to the participating researchers, Researcher information C consisting of affiliated institution code, specialized field, anonymous person introduction; researcher information B consisting of at least the technical field in which we are good at, technology development record; and at least researcher name,
The step of registering in the researcher database by layering into researcher information A consisting of qualifications, institution name, institution location, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, research paper list and summary, and (c) participating companies After giving a nickname, the participating companies are given at least a nickname, company information C consisting of business fields; corporate information B consisting of at least a technical field in which they are good at; and at least company name, main product list, contact person name, company location. , A telephone number, a fax number, and an e-mail address to hierarchically register the company information A in the company database, and (d) registering the participating researcher in the access right management system, and then registering the participating researcher with the participating researcher. , The company information B,
Step C of granting access right to C and researcher information B, C, and (e) Corporate research in which the participating company is registered in the access right management system and then the company institute site is given the nickname of the company. Opening the office and giving the participating companies access to the corporate research institutes, corporate information B and C, and researcher information B and C; and (f) the participating companies to the corporate research. (G) project information C consisting of at least a project name, elemental technology name, and technical code; project information B consisting of at least an elemental technology to be developed; Also, after breaking down to project information A consisting of at least the purpose, product concept, goal, and contact person's name, the project information is provided to the corporate research institute. And (h) after searching the researcher information B and C based on the project information B and C, presenting the obtained researcher information to the corporate research institute and at least 1 A step of requesting the selection of a candidate researcher of a name, and (i) after registering the candidate researcher in an access right management system, granting the candidate researcher access to the project information B and C, Confirming whether or not to participate in the technology development project and selecting at least one researcher in charge, and (j) registering the researcher in charge in the access right management system, Open a laboratory with the nickname of the researcher in charge, and give the researcher in charge access to the lab; and (k) formulate a technical development plan for the researcher in charge. Seeking And-up, (l)
Presenting the technical development plan to the corporate research institute and requesting the participating companies to examine the technical development plan;
(M) a step of presenting the examination result to the laboratory and requesting the researcher in charge to revise the technical development plan;
(N) a step of presenting the modified technology development plan to the corporate research institute and requesting the participating company to approve the modified technology development plan; and (o) a technology with the approval of the participating company. After confirming the development plan, a step of requesting the participating company to pay the development fund, and (p) confirming the payment of the development fund, registering the researcher in charge in the access right management system, and then conducting the research in charge. A person who has access to all company information and project information regarding the participating company and requests the start of technological development, and (q)
A step of asking the researcher in charge to prepare a technical development report at least in the intermediate stage and the final stage of the technical development; and (r) presenting the technical development report to the research institute of the enterprise, , The step of requesting a question and answer to the technical development report, (s) the step of requesting the investigator to respond to the question and answer, and (t) the answer to the question and answer to the final stage technical development report are completed. After that, the step in which the researcher in charge is requested to deliver the result of the technical development project to the participating company, (u) the step in which the participating company is evaluated for the result of the technical development project, (v)
A method for mediating technology development skills, which comprises the step of closing the laboratory and deleting the access right to the company information and project information given to the researcher in charge at the start of technology development. (2) Researcher information consisting of at least nickname, institution code, researcher information D consisting of specialized fields; researcher information C consisting of at least anonymous person introductions; research consisting of at least specialized technical fields and technological development achievements Researcher information B; and at least the researcher information A consisting of the researcher's name, qualification, institution name, institutional location, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, research paper list and summary, and the researcher information D. Open to the public (1)
The method described in. (3) The access right management system comprises at least an access right management database, an encryption / decryption system, and an access right collation system, and is based on registration information with the company name or researcher name of the access right management database. The method according to (1) or (2) above, wherein the access right is managed by means of the method. (4) Use a standard form having at least an objective, a product concept, an objective, an economic effect, and an entry with the name of the person in charge of contact to present the technical development needs (1)
~ The method according to any one of (3). (5) The method according to any one of (1) to (4) above, wherein the technical development plan is formulated based on the description format of a fixed application form for requesting technical development assistance or financing from a public institution. (6) The method according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the technical development plan is presented to the corporate research institute together with public fund information that can be acquired. (7) The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the technical development plan is presented to the corporate research institute together with patent information related to the technology to be developed.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, a virtual research institute is established on a computer system to aggregate the technical development skills of scattered researchers, and based on the needs of companies for technological development, the aggregated technologies are collected. It is characterized by mediating development skills to companies. Information regarding researchers and companies participating in the virtual research institute and information exchanged with the participating researchers and companies by the company operating the virtual research institute include many confidential items, and thus these are strictly classified. The information is hierarchized and accumulated according to the confidentiality level, and the access to the hierarchized information can be performed by, for example, the ID number / I by the access right given by the company that operates the virtual research institute.
Confidentiality is managed using a C card (smart card) or the like. Further, the communication information between these three parties is exchanged after being encrypted, for example, using an encryption / decryption system or the like, if necessary. Further, although not particularly limited, in the present invention, in order to make the information exchange efficient, the virtual general research institute is preferably provided with a WWW.
It is opened on the server, and if necessary, a menu screen having a bulletin board, a participation application form, a technical development needs presentation form, a technical development plan formulation form, etc. is provided on the website for exchanging information.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of a virtual research institute system used in the present invention.
2 and 3 are flowcharts of operations for explaining the method of mediating the technology development skill of the present invention.

The system includes at least a virtual research institute 1, a participating company terminal 2, a participating researcher terminal 3, an internet communication line 4, an encryption / decryption system / access right collation system 5, a WWW server connection section 6, and It is composed of the general terminal 7. The Virtual Research Institute 1 is connected to the Internet via the WWW server connection unit 7, and the company terminal 2 and the researcher terminal 3 are connected to the encryption / decryption system /
It is connected to the Internet via the access right verification system, and exchanges information with the server in the virtual research institute 1 via the Internet communication line. In addition, since the general terminal 7 is directly connected to the Internet, the general terminal 7 cannot access the information stored in the server in the virtual general research institute 1, and the general terminal on the homepage established by the virtual general research institute 1 Only access to public information, such as the researcher information D, is allowed.

The virtual research institute 1 is a computer system of a company that operates the virtual research institute 1, and includes at least an intermediary information server 10 and an access right management system 1.
5 and the laboratory operating company terminal 16. The intermediary information server 10 is at least the corporate research institute site 1
1, a laboratory site 12, a corporate data database 13, and a researcher database 14. The laboratory operating company terminal 16 has a search function, and is a company database 13 and a researcher database 14 of the intermediary information server.
Can be searched.

Researchers who have participated in the Virtual Research Institute 1 are given nicknames for confidentiality management, registered in the researcher database 14, and mediation information according to the role given to the Virtual Research Institute 1. The access right to the researcher information and company information accumulated in the server 10 is given.

A company participating in the virtual research institute 1 is given a nickname for confidentiality management and registered in the company database 13, and at the same time, a company research institute is opened in the company research institute site 11 and the company research is conducted. Public information accumulated in the mediation information server 10, for example, researcher information B,
Access right to C and company information B and C is given.

In the access right management system 15, the access right given to the researcher or the company is registered with the name of the researcher or the company, and based on the registration information, the participating company terminal 2 and the participating research. Person terminal 3, laboratory operating company terminal 1
Encrypted between 6 and internet communication line /
The decryption system and the access right collation system manage whether or not the researcher information and the company information stored in the intermediary information server 10 can be accessed.

Various information provided by the research institute operating company to the participating companies / researchers is presented to the corporate research institute / laboratory established in the intermediary information server 10, so that the corporate research institute / research is conducted. Participating companies with access to rooms /
The participating researchers can obtain the information from the participating company terminal 2 / participating researcher terminal 3 by accessing the intermediary information server 10 via the Internet communication line.

Next, the intermediary method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described in detail. In the intermediary method of the present invention, a virtual research institute 1 is opened on a computer system to aggregate the technical development skills of researchers scattered in public research institutes such as universities, and based on the technical development needs of companies. It is basically to mediate the aggregated technology development skills to the participating companies. For example, the technology development skill information, economic information, technology trend information, etc. possessed by the researchers participating in the virtual research institute 1 are collected. It is also possible to proactively provide the participating companies with new technology development needs of the participating companies.

(Step a) In the present invention, in order to efficiently and effectively mediate technical development skills, first,
At least a corporate research institute site 11, a laboratory site 12, a corporate database 13, on a computer system,
Researcher database 14, access right management system 1
5 and the virtual research institute 1 including the research institute operating company terminal 16 is opened. The virtual research institute 1 is preferably opened on a WWW server in order to make information exchange efficient.

(Step b) The company that operates the virtual research institute 1 gives a nickname to the researchers participating in the virtual research institute 1 and registers it in the researcher database 14 together with various kinds of researcher information. For the purpose of confidentiality management, the researcher information is researcher information C including at least a nickname, an affiliated institution code, a specialized field, and an anonymous person introduction; researcher information B including at least a technical field in which he is good at and a technical development record; And at least the researcher's name, qualification, institution name,
Researcher information A consisting of institution location, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, research paper list and summary
And is registered in the researcher database 14.
Although not particularly limited, in order to widely recruit companies participating in the Virtual Research Institute 1, the researcher information is preferably:
Researcher information D consisting of at least a nickname, affiliated institution code, and a specialized field; researcher information C consisting of at least a person's introduction; technical field at least strong in it, researcher information B consisting of technical development achievements; and at least a researcher name,
Hierarchical researcher information A consisting of qualifications, institution name, institution location, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, research paper list and summary, and the researcher information D is
For example, it is open to the public on the home page of the virtual research institute 1.

(Step c) The company that operates the virtual research institute 1 gives a nickname to the company that participated in the virtual research institute 1 and registers it in the company database 13 together with various company information. The company information is company information C including at least a nickname and a business field for confidentiality management;
Company information B consisting of at least a technical field in which it is good at; and company information A that is layered into company information A consisting of at least company name, main product list, contact person name, company location, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. It is registered in the database 13. Although not particularly limited, in order to recruit researchers who participate in the virtual comprehensive research institute 1, the company information C can be made open to the public, for example, on the home page of the virtual comprehensive research institute 1.

(Steps d and e) Next, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 registers the participating researchers in the access right management system 15 and then makes the participating researchers the company information B, C ,. And, the access right to the researcher information B and C is given. In addition, after registering the participating company in the access right management system 15, a corporate research institute with the corporate nickname is opened on the corporate research institute site 11, and the corporate research institute and the corporate information B are provided to the participating company. Grant access right to C and researcher information B and C.

Although not particularly limited, the access right management system 15 preferably comprises at least an access right management database, an encryption / decryption system, and an access right collation system, and the company name or researcher name of the access right database is used. An access right to various information is generated based on the attached registration information. Specific management of access to various information is performed as follows, for example. (A) The company that operates the Virtual Research Institute 1 registers the company information / researcher information in each database by specifying the encryption key, and uses the IC card (smart card) issuing machine to perform encryption / decryption. Create a card with a key to activate. (B) An ID number and the card are issued to a company / researcher who has been granted an access right, and a card reader is installed in each terminal of the company / researcher. (C) The company / researcher inserts the card into the card reader and inputs the ID number into each terminal to access the company information / researcher information to which the access right has been given. (D) The company operating the Virtual Research Institute 1 manages the access right by the access right database, and when the access right is deleted, the data in the access right database is updated and the access right is deleted. Ask the company / researcher to destroy the card.

(Steps f and g) Next, the company that operates the virtual comprehensive research institute 1 requests the participating companies to present their technological development needs to the corporate research institute. Although not particularly limited,
The presentation of the technical development needs is preferably performed by using a standard form having at least the objectives of the technical development; the concept of the product; the goals such as the product specification and the development time; the economic effect thereof; and the contact person's name. Done. still,
The fixed form can be provided, for example, by providing a bulletin board in the corporate research institute and posting it on the bulletin board. Further, in order to further clarify and embody the content of technology development, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 defines the technical development needs as project information C including at least the project name, elemental technology name, and technical code; After breaking down to project information B consisting of at least elemental technology to be developed; and project information A consisting of at least purpose, product concept, goal and contact person name, it is presented to the corporate research institute as project information.

(Step h) Next, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 obtains after searching the researcher information B and C in the researcher database 14 based on the project information B and C. Present researcher information to the corporate research institute and ask the participating companies to select at least one candidate researcher.

(Step i) Next, the company operating the virtual research institute 1 registers the candidate researcher in the access right management system 15 and then sends the candidate researcher to the project information B and C. Grant the access right to inform the specific contents of the technology development project, and confirm whether or not to participate in the technology development project.
Select a researcher in charge of the name.

(Step j, k) Next, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 registers the researcher in charge in the access right management system 15 and then assigns the nickname of the researcher in the laboratory site 12. A laboratory for the attached technology development project is opened, and the researcher in charge is given an access right to the laboratory. Further, the researcher in charge is provided with a technology based on the project information B, C. Call for a development plan. In addition, the presentation of the technical development plan is, for example,
It is also possible to provide a bulletin board in the laboratory and post the technical development plan on the bulletin board.

(Steps l, m, n) Next, the company operating the virtual comprehensive research institute 1 presents the technical development plan to the corporate research institute and informs the participating companies of the technical development plan. Ask for consideration. Although not particularly limited, in order to reduce the burden of application work for subsidizing or financing the technical development project with respect to the public institution, the formulation of the technical development plan is preferably used by the public institution. It is performed based on the standard application form or its description form. Also,
In order to ensure the execution of the project, when presenting the technical development plan to the corporate research institute, preferably public fund information obtainable for the technical development plan,
Information such as patent information related to the technology to be developed will be provided. If the study results are obtained, Virtual Research Institute 1
The company that manages the above presents the examination result to the laboratory and requests the researcher in charge to revise the technical development plan as necessary. Further, when the revised proposal is obtained, the company operating the virtual research institute 1 presents the revised technical development plan to the corporate research institute, and informs the participating companies of the revised technical development plan. Ask for approval. If approval for the revised technical development plan is not obtained, the access right to the project information for the investigator in question is deleted, the process returns to step i, the investigator in charge is newly selected, and the technical development plan is re-established. Formulated. The presentation of the above information can also be performed using, for example, a bulletin board provided in the research institute / laboratory.

(Steps o, p) Next, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 asks the participating companies for payment of development funds after confirming the technical development plan with the approval of the participating companies. . If the development fund is paid,
After registering the researcher in charge in the access right management system 15, the company operating the Virtual Research Institute 1 gives the researcher in charge access to all company information and project information about the participating companies. At the same time, call for the start of technological development.

(Steps q, r, s) Next, the company that operates the Virtual Research Institute 1 prepares a technical development report for the researchers in charge at least at the intermediate and final stages of the technical development. Ask. When the technical development report is obtained, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 presents it to the corporate research institute, and asks the participating companies to ask questions about the technical development report. Also, if the question is obtained,
The company that operates Virtual Research Institute 1
Ask for a response to the question.

(Step t) Next, the company operating the virtual research institute 1 asks the researcher in charge to the participating company after the answer to the question and answer to the final stage technical development report is completed. Request delivery of the results of the technical development project.

(Steps u, v) Next, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 asks the participating companies to evaluate the results of the technical development project. If the result of the technical development project is evaluated, the company that operates the virtual research institute 1 closes the laboratory opened for the technical development project and asks the investigator to start the technical development. Terminate the project by deleting the access right to the company information and project information that was given.

[0028]

As described above, according to the intermediary method of the present invention, research that belongs to a public institution such as a university in the technical development for realizing the needs of the company while managing the confidential information of the company. It is possible to efficiently and effectively mediate the advanced knowledge possessed by persons, and promote the fusion of socially ubiquitous corporate needs and technical knowledge. In addition, by effectively utilizing public research grants for such technology development projects, technology development and business activities can be further activated especially in small and medium-sized enterprises.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of a virtual research institute system used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an operation for explaining a technique development mediation method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an operation subsequent to FIG. 2 for explaining the intermediary method for technical development skills of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Virtual Research Institute 2 Participating company terminals 3 Participating researcher terminals 4 Internet line 5 Encryption / Decryption System / Access Right Verification System 6 WWW server connection 10 Mediation information server 11 Corporate Research Institute Site 12 Laboratory site 13 Corporate Database 14 Researcher Database 15 Access right management system 16 Laboratory operating company terminals

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method of establishing virtual research institutes on a computer system to aggregate the technology development skills of scattered researchers, and mediating the aggregated technology development skills to participating companies. Step (b) Participation of establishing a virtual research institute consisting of at least a corporate research institute site, a laboratory site, a corporate database, a researcher database, an access right management system, and a research institute management company terminal on a computer system, and (b) After assigning a nickname to a researcher, at least the nickname, institution code, and
Researcher information C consisting of specialized fields and anonymous person introduction; researcher information B consisting of at least specialized fields of technology and technology development achievements; and at least researcher name, qualification, institution name, institution location, telephone number, fax A step of registering the researcher information A, which is composed of a number, an e-mail address, a research paper list, and a summary, in the researcher database, and (c) assigning a nickname to the participating company, and then at least adding the nickname to the participating company. , Corporate information C consisting of business fields; corporate information B consisting of at least technical fields of specialty; and a company consisting of at least company name, main product list, contact person name, company location, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address A step of registering the information in the company database hierarchically, (d) the participating researchers After registering in the access right management system, a step of giving the participating researchers access to the company information B, C and the researcher information B, C, and (e) the participating company access right management system. After the registration, the company research institute with the nickname of the company is opened on the company research institute site, and to the participating companies, the company research institute, the company information B and C, and the researcher information B and C. (F) requesting the participating companies to present their technological development needs to the corporate research institute, and (g) at least the project name, element technology name, Project information C consisting of technical code; project information B consisting of at least elemental technology to be developed; and project consisting of at least purpose, product concept, goal, contact person's name After breaking down to the information A, the step of presenting it as project information to the corporate research institute, and (h) the researchers obtained after searching the researcher information B and C based on the project information B and C Presenting information to the corporate research institute to ask the participating companies to select at least one candidate researcher; (i) registering the candidate researcher in an access right management system, and then , Granting access right to the project information B and C, confirming whether or not to participate in the technology development project, and selecting at least one researcher in charge, (j) the researcher in charge After registering with the access right management system, a laboratory with the nickname of the investigator in charge is opened on the laboratory site, and the investigator is granted access to the lab. And (k) requesting the researcher in charge to formulate a technical development plan, and (l) presenting the technical development plan to the research institute of the enterprise and informing the participating companies of the technical development plan. (M) presenting the examination result to the laboratory and requesting the investigator to modify the technical development plan proposal; (n) the modified technical development plan Presenting the plan to the enterprise research institute and requesting the participating companies to approve the revised technical development plan draft; (o) after the technical development plan is confirmed with the approval of the participating enterprises, the participating enterprises And (p) after confirming the payment of the development fund and registering the researcher in charge in the access right management system, all the companies related to the participating companies are asked to the researcher in charge. Access to information and project information Granting the right and requesting the start of technology development, (q) requesting the researcher in charge to prepare a technology development report at least in the intermediate and final stages of the technology development, (r) Presenting the technical development report to the corporate research institute, and asking the participating companies to ask questions about the technical development report; and (s) requesting the researcher in charge to respond to the questions. (T) a step of asking the researcher in charge to hand over the results of the technical development project to the participating company after the response to the question and answer to the final stage technical development report is completed, (u) the participating company And step (v) closing the laboratory and accessing the company information and project information given to the researcher in charge at the start of technology development. A method for mediating technology development skills, comprising the step of erasing the right. 2. Researcher information D comprising at least a nickname, an institution code, and a specialized field;
Researcher information C consisting of at least anonymous person introduction; researcher information B consisting of at least the technical field in which he is good, and technology development track record; and at least researcher name, qualification, institution name, institution location, telephone number, fax number, The method according to claim 1, wherein the researcher information A is hierarchized to include an e-mail address, a research paper list, and a summary, and the researcher information D is made open to the public. 3. The access right management system comprises at least an access right management database, an encryption / decryption system, and an access right collation system, and registration information with a company name or a researcher name of the access right management database. Claim 1 or 2 which manages the access right based on
The method described in. 4. The fixed form having at least an objective, a product concept, an objective, an economic effect, and a contact person in charge having a filled-in item for presenting the technical development needs. Method. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the technical development plan is formulated based on a form of a fixed form application form for requesting technical development assistance or financing to a public institution. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the technical development plan is presented to the corporate research institute together with public fund information that can be acquired. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the technical development plan is presented to the corporate research institute together with patent information related to the technology to be developed.