Method for providing access to online employment information

• US 20030229638A1
• Filed: 11/05/2002
• Published: 12/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Employon Com
• Original Assignee: Grass Is Greener.Com LLC
• Inventors: Carpenter, Edward L., McComsey, Kenneth G., Carpenter, Matthew W., Keyerleber, John
• Granted Patent: US 7,099,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of managing employment data so as to provide access to the employment data via the Internet (18). The method including the steps of determining whether a web site (22, 24) contains employment data, formatting, parsing and storing the employment data and corresponding URL into a database, automatically searching the database (16) for matching employment data, and contacting the employer representative as to the matched employment data.

Claims

1. A method of managing employment data so as to provide access to the employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

collecting the employment data from the information available on the Internet;

formatting, parsing and storing the employment data and corresponding URL into a database;

automatically updating the employment data stored in the database;

matching the employment data; and

providing a representative of a non-subscribing entity looking to fill a job position the employment data from the matching step, whereby employment needs are fulfilled.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein employment data includes job openings, job postings, job listings, resumes and related employment information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing includes a non-solicited contacting of the representative.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of contacting the representative is via email.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising making available a placement service.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising revisiting the websites that meet the employment data criteria on a periodic basis to determine whether the content has changed.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising expanding the periodic revisiting time if the content has not changed.

8. A method of managing employment data so as to provide access to the employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

collecting the employment data from the information available on the Internet;

formatting, parsing and storing the employment data and corresponding URL into a database;

automatically updating the employment data stored in the database;

matching employment data; and

making available placement services, whereby employment needs are fulfilled.

9. A method of providing access to employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing valid employment data criteria;

randomly visiting web sites on the Internet;

examining the visited websites;

determining if the visited websites meet the employment data criteria;

storing the URL corresponding to the visited websites that meet the employment data criteria and information relevant to the content of the visited websites into a database; and

providing access to employment data via the database, whereby employment needs can be fulfilled.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising revisiting the websites that meet the employment data criteria on a periodic basis to determine whether the content has changed.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising expanding the periodic revisiting time if the content has not changed.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising revisiting the websites that meet the employment data criteria on a periodic basis to determine whether the websites still meet the employment data criteria.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising removing the URL and the corresponding content from the data base after determining the website no longer meets the employment data criteria.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of determining if the visited websites meet the employment criteria is done through concept searching.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of concept-based searching includes using concept-based software.

16. A method of providing access to employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

creating a database of employment data;

establishing employment needs criteria; and

searching the database based on the criteria and using concept searching, whereby more accurate and comprehensive data is returned.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of concept-based searching includes using concept-based software.

18. A method of managing employment data so as to provide access to the employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

collecting the employment data from the Internet;

formatting, parsing and storing the employment data into a database; and

providing access to employment data in a common format via the database, whereby employment needs are fulfilled.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the formatting and parsing the employment data is done by using formatting software.

20. A method of providing access to employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

searching the Internet for employment data posted on the Internet;

determining a URL for the employment data identified in the searching step; and

maintaining an index database for the employment data identified in the searching step, the index database including the respective URL for the employment data identified in the searching step, whereby once the database is formed, it can be searched by a user.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising the steps of determining the keywords for the employment data identified in the searching step, and maintaining the index database to include the respective URL and the keywords for the employment data identified in searching step.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the steps of routinely revisiting the URL to determine if information, regarding the employment data posted at the URL, has changed, and automatically updating the index database with any changed information.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of:

continuously searching the Internet for new information regarding employment data posted on the Internet; and

updating the index database with the new information.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of searching the Internet includes searching the Internet for employment data using concept searching.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the step of concept-based searching includes using concept-based search software.

26. A method of managing employment data so as to provide access to the employment data via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

determining whether a web site contains employment data;

formatting, parsing and storing the employment data and corresponding URL into a database;

automatically searching the database for matching employment data; and

contacting the employer representative as to the matched employment data.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of contacting includes providing the employer representative with a portion of the matching employment data and offering all of the matching employment data upon the purchase of a subscription.

28. The method of claim 26, further comprising providing the employer representative the authority to search the database for matching employment data, providing a portion of the matching employment data and offering all of employment data upon the purchase of a subscription.

29. The method of claim 26, further comprising the steps of confirming that a previously visited web site continues to contain employment data, and removing the previously stored employment data and corresponding URL from the database in the event the revisited web site no longer contains employment related data.

30. The method of claim 26, further comprising the steps of revisiting and determining whether a previously visited web site has revised employment data, and formatting parsing and storing the revised employment data and respective URL into the database for each web site which has revised the employment data.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising the step of adjusting the period of revisiting based on the degree to which the employment date has been revised.