RECIPROCAL DATA FILE PUBLISHING AND MATCHING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of reciprocally publishing and matching data files, comprising the steps of:
- storing a Category A data file having a first set of characteristics;
storing a Category B data file having a second set of characteristics;
weighting at least a first characteristic of the Category A data file differently from a second characteristic of the Category A data file;
weighting at least a third characteristic of the Category B data file differently from a fourth characteristic of the Category B data file; and
matching the Category A data file to the Category B data file at least partly on the basis of the differing weights of the first and second characteristics of the Category A data file and the third and fourth characteristics of the Category B data file.
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Abstract
A method of reciprocally publishing and matching data files is disclosed. The method includes facilitating the creation of Category A and Category B data files having a respective sets of characteristics defined utilizing a common language architecture, associating enhancement objects with each data file, identifying characteristics in each data file which must be met by other data files, weighting characteristics in each data file differently from other characteristics in the same data file, enabling the selection of participation levels for each data file in marketspaces, and matching Category A data files participating in particular marketspaces to Category B data files participating in the same marketspaces using the common language architecture, the enhancement objects, the weights and the required characteristics.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of reciprocally publishing and matching data files, comprising the steps of:
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storing a Category A data file having a first set of characteristics;
storing a Category B data file having a second set of characteristics;
weighting at least a first characteristic of the Category A data file differently from a second characteristic of the Category A data file;
weighting at least a third characteristic of the Category B data file differently from a fourth characteristic of the Category B data file; and
matching the Category A data file to the Category B data file at least partly on the basis of the differing weights of the first and second characteristics of the Category A data file and the third and fourth characteristics of the Category B data file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of reciprocally publishing and matching data files, comprising the steps of:
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storing a first data file having a first set of characteristics corresponding to a job-seeker;
storing a second data file having a second set of characteristics corresponding to a job;
identifying a first job-seeker data file characteristic which must be met by the second data file; and
applying relative weights to the importance of at least a second job-seeker data file characteristic and a third job-seeker data file characteristic, wherein the second job-seeker data file characteristic and the third job-seeker data file characteristic are weighted differently. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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