Automated prospector and targeted advertisement assembly and delivery system
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1. A method for harvesting professional profiles, the method comprising:
- Searching the Internet, Identifying web pages and Internet postings containing professional profile data, Collecting said professional profile data, Identifying in said professional profile text strings constituting contact information data, and Storing said Professional Profile and said contact information data into a data structure.
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Abstract
A system for locating professional profiles (such as resumes) on the Internet, extracting from these professional profiles contact data, compiling a database of desirable sales prospects or candidates, and merging this contact data with an advertising template to create a personalized advertisement.
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1. A method for harvesting professional profiles, the method comprising:
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Searching the Internet, Identifying web pages and Internet postings containing professional profile data, Collecting said professional profile data, Identifying in said professional profile text strings constituting contact information data, and Storing said Professional Profile and said contact information data into a data structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 35)
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3. A method for normalizing data from a document containing professional profile data, the method comprising:
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Obtaining said document, Reading said document, Identifying in said document text strings constituting contact information data, and Storing said professional profile data and said contact information data into a data structure. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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13. Sorting a set of professional profiles to identify sales and advertisement prospects.
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19. A method for creating a list of sales or advertising prospects, the method comprising:
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Obtaining professional profiles, Storing said professional profiles in a data structure, and Sorting to identify a subset of professional profiles stored in said data structure.
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26. A method for advertising, the method comprising:
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Selecting one or more items from a collection of computer stored images, computer stored text objects, computer stored audio objects, computer stored video objects, or other computer stored objects, Combining said selections into a deliverable medium (advertisement), Sorting professional profiles in a data structure, and Merging contact information from said professional profiles into said deliverable medium.
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33. A method of selecting advertisement and notice delivery addresses, the method comprising:
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Searching a data structure containing professional profiles, Identifying a subset of professional profiles, Identifying in said professional profiles text strings constituting contact information data, and Exporting said contact information data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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34. A system for harvesting professional profiles, the system comprising:
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Searching the Internet, Identifying web pages and Internet postings containing professional profile data, Collecting said professional profile data, Identifying in said professional profile text strings constituting contact information data, and Storing said Professional Profile and said contact information data into a data structure.
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36. A system for normalizing data from a document containing professional profile data, the system comprising:
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Obtaining said document, Reading said document, Identifying in said document text strings constituting contact information data, and Storing said professional profile data and said contact information data into a data structure.
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46. Sorting a set of professional profiles to identify sales and advertisement prospects.
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52. A system for creating a list of sales or advertising prospects, the system comprising:
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Obtaining professional profiles, Storing said professional profiles in a data structure, and Sorting to identify a subset of professional profiles stored in said data structure. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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59. A system for advertising, the system comprising:
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Selecting one or more items from a collection of computer stored images, computer stored text objects, computer stored audio objects, computer stored video objects, or other computer stored objects, Combining said selections into a deliverable medium (advertisement), Sorting professional profiles in a data structure, and Merging contact information from said professional profiles into said deliverable medium.
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66. A system of selecting advertisement and notice delivery addresses, the system comprising:
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Searching a data structure containing professional profiles, Identifying a subset of professional profiles, Identifying in said professional profiles text strings constituting contact information data, and Exporting said contact information data.
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