Automatic data transmission in response to content of electronic forms satisfying criteria
First Claim
1. A method of assisting college recruiters to identify students meeting criteria specified by the college, comprising:
- providing on a ongoing basis to multiple students forms for creating personal profiles over a computer network;
creating personal profiles, each personal profile associated with one of the multiple students;
providing to recruiters from multiple institutions a template to specify a student criterion;
automatically comparing personal profiles with the student criterion to find personal profiles that meet the criterion; and
as personal profiles are submitted, automatically generating an electronic notification to one or more individuals at the college notifying the one or more individuals of the student whose profile meets the criterion or responding to the student who meets the profile.
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Abstract
Automatic transmission of information is generated when the content of a posted electronic form matches a predefined criteria. An interface allows the user to create a criterion template to specify the match criterion without requiring the user to have the skills of a professional programmer. The person to be notified and the form and content of the notification can also be defined by the user and can be dependent on the content of the posted form. In one application, individuals associated with an institution of higher learning are automatically notified when a student submits an electronic profile form showing that the student meets a pre-specified criteria.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of assisting college recruiters to identify students meeting criteria specified by the college, comprising:
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providing on a ongoing basis to multiple students forms for creating personal profiles over a computer network;
creating personal profiles, each personal profile associated with one of the multiple students;
providing to recruiters from multiple institutions a template to specify a student criterion;
automatically comparing personal profiles with the student criterion to find personal profiles that meet the criterion; and
as personal profiles are submitted, automatically generating an electronic notification to one or more individuals at the college notifying the one or more individuals of the student whose profile meets the criterion or responding to the student who meets the profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of automatically transferring to one or more persons or computer systems first information when second information from an electronic form satisfies a criterion, the electronic form having fields corresponding to parameters and the parameters being assigned values in accordance with user entries, the set of values for an electronic form forming a form value set;
- the method comprising;
completing a criterion template generating interface to define a criterion template, the criterion template including criterion template values;
comparing the criterion template values to value sets on submitted electronic forms to determine whether the submitted electronic form meet the criteria; and
if the submitted electronic form meets the criteria, transmitting the first information to one or more people or computer systems. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A method of determining from a large amount of potentially relevant electronic information being continually submitted through electronic forms by multiple parties over a computer network, information relevant to an entity and automatically bringing that information to the attention of the entity, the method comprising:
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completing a criteria template generating interface to specify a criterion or criteria to determine what information is relevant;
automatically analyzing information being submitted on forms over the computer network by comparing the information on the submitted form with the criteria or criterion; and
automatically notifying a pre-defined entity when the information on the submitted form meets the criterion or criteria.
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21. An apparatus for determining from a large amount of potentially relevant electronic information being continually submitted through electronic forms by multiple users over a computer network, information relevant to an individual and automatically bringing that information to the attention of the individual, the apparatus comprising:
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a central processing unit;
a computer memory, the computer memory storing instructions for;
completing a template specifying a criterion or criteria to determine what information is relevant;
automatically analyzing information as it is being submitted on forms over the computer network by comparing the information on the submitted form with the criteria or criterion specified in the template; and
automatically notifying an pre-defined individual when the information on the submitted form meets the criterion or criteria specified in the template. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. In a computer readable medium, software for determining from a large amount of potentially relevant electronic information being continually submitted through electronic forms by multiple users over a computer network, information relevant to an individual and automatically bringing that information to the attention of the individual, the medium comprising:
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software for providing a template for a user to complete by specifying a criterion or criteria to determine what information is relevant;
software for automatically analyzing information as it is being submitted on forms over the computer network by comparing the information on the submitted form with the criteria or criterion specified in the template; and
software for automatically notifying a pre-defined individual when the information on the submitted form meets the criterion or criteria specified in the template.
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