Method and apparatus for scoring and matching attributes of a seller to project or job profiles of a buyer
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1. A method for generating an overall rating that reflects the fitness of a set of seller'"'"'s background information as compared to a set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) reducing the set of seller'"'"'s background information into a plurality of seller knowledge elements;
b) reducing the set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements into a plurality of buyer knowledge elements;
c) applying one or more weights to at least one common knowledge element that is common between said plurality of seller knowledge elements and said buyer knowledge elements; and
d) generating the overall rating in accordance with said weighted at least one common knowledge element.
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Abstract
An apparatus and concomitant method to provide objective attributes scoring and matching between the attributes of a seller and the job requirements of a buyer. An objective overall rating for seller is generated that reflects the seller'"'"'s degree of fit with a particular project or job profile of the buyer.
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1. A method for generating an overall rating that reflects the fitness of a set of seller'"'"'s background information as compared to a set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) reducing the set of seller'"'"'s background information into a plurality of seller knowledge elements;
b) reducing the set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements into a plurality of buyer knowledge elements;
c) applying one or more weights to at least one common knowledge element that is common between said plurality of seller knowledge elements and said buyer knowledge elements; and
d) generating the overall rating in accordance with said weighted at least one common knowledge element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for generating an overall rating that reflects the fitness of a set of seller'"'"'s background information as compared to a set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements, said apparatus comprising:
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means for reducing the set of seller'"'"'s background information into a plurality of seller knowledge elements;
means for reducing the set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements into a plurality of buyer knowledge elements;
means for applying one or more weights to at least one common knowledge element that is common between said plurality of seller knowledge elements and said buyer knowledge elements; and
means generating the overall rating in accordance with said weighted at least one common knowledge element. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps comprising of:
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a) reducing the set of seller'"'"'s background information into a plurality of seller knowledge elements;
b) reducing the set of buyer'"'"'s job requirements into a plurality of buyer knowledge elements;
c) applying one or more weights to at least one common knowledge element that is common between said plurality of seller knowledge elements and said buyer knowledge elements; and
d) generating the overall rating in accordance with said weighted at least one common knowledge element. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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