Method and apparatus for creating and processing applications
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- customizing an employment application;
authorizing an applicant to access said customized employment application;
accepting job applicant data entered within said customized employment application by said authorized applicant; and
manipulating said job applicant data.
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Abstract
A method for electronically facilitating an application process comprises creating a customized application for a data requester, the customized application being accessed via an Internet link to which access is controlled, granting access to the customized application to a specified data provider, accepting data from the specified data provider, providing an information management tool to the data requester, the information management tool being operable to manipulate the data from the specified data provider, and exchanging data between the data provider and the data requester. The present invention may be implemented by a computer carrying an ordered set of instructions which, when executed, perform the above-identified method.
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39 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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customizing an employment application;
authorizing an applicant to access said customized employment application;
accepting job applicant data entered within said customized employment application by said authorized applicant; and
manipulating said job applicant data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer implemented method of customizing an application, comprising:
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selecting one or more question categories, each of said question categories having a plurality of application questions associated therewith;
designating an order in which said selected question categories are displayed;
choosing one or more application questions from within each of said selected question categories; and
generating a customized application having said selected question categories and said selected application questions arranged in said designated order.
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7. The computer implemented method of 6 further comprising entering additional questions that are not contained within said question categories.
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8. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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providing a data requester code to said applicant;
accepting an applicant password;
issuing a personal identification number to said applicant;
accepting applicant data; and
manipulating said applicant data.
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9. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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accepting applicant data;
transmitting said applicant data to a data requester;
displaying said applicant data within a customized application;
assigning an applicant a rating in response to said applicant data;
transmitting said applicant data to a third-party service provider;
creating correspondence in response to at least one of said applicant data, said applicant rating, and a third party service provider result; and
transferring said applicant data to a data requester records database.
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10. A method for electronically facilitating an application process comprising:
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creating a customized application for a data requester, said customized application available via an Internet link protected by an access control mechanism;
granting access to said customized application to a specified data provider;
accepting data from said specified data provider;
providing an information management tool to said data requester, said information management tool being operable to manipulate said data from said specified data provider, and exchanging data between said data provider and said data requester. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a data requester computer;
a applicant computer;
a server; and
a communications link between said data requester computer and said server and between said applicant computer as said server, said server programmed to;
enable a customized application to be created from said data requester computer;
grant said applicant computer access to said customized employment application;
accept applicant data submitted from said applicant computer; and
enable said data requester computer to manipulate said applicant data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer carrying an ordered set of instructions which, when executed, perform a method, comprising:
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enabling a customized application to be created by a data requester;
granting an applicant electronic access to said customized application;
accepting applicant data submitted by said applicant; and
enabling said data requester to manipulate said applicant data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method, comprising:
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selecting one or more job listings;
authorizing an applicant access said customized employment application;
customizing an employment application in response to said selecting said job listings and authorization said applicant;
accepting job applicant data entered within said customized employment application by said authorized applicant; and
sending said application data to an authorizing data requester. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer implemented method of customizing a third party service order package, comprising:
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selecting one or more third party services; and
generating a customized service order package having said selected one or more services. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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