System and Method For Collecting And Providing Resource Rate Information Using Resource Profiling

• US 20100153863A1
• Filed: 01/25/2010
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQNavigator Incorporated
• Original Assignee: IQNavigator Incorporated
• Inventors: Cullen, Andrew A. III
• Granted Patent: US 8,799,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1057 Benefits or employee welfare, e.g. insurance, holiday or retirement packages
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors

Abstract

A computer system and method is disclosed for collecting resource rate information associated with a plurality of resource profiles and providing resource rate statistical data for a specific resource profile via a web-based interface. Each resource profile is defined from hierarchical profile selections to identify a job category, and each job category has one or more skills associated therewith. A database maintains the resource profiles and associated resource rate information. The resource rate information is collected from a variety of sources, including business entities that interface with the database to upload actual resource rate information (e.g., actual salaries, wage rates and other compensation information) for one or more resource profiles associated with the business entity.

Claims

1. A method for categorizing resources and associating compensation information therewith, comprising:

collecting resource profile information for a job category defined by a hierarchical profile having at least three tiers and including at least one skill associated with the job category;

collecting resource rate information identifying compensation information associated with a resource;

associating said resource rate information with resource profile information to create a resource record; and

storing said resource record within a database to provide said compensation information for said resource in said job category.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of collecting said resource profile information further comprises:

providing hierarchical profile selection data to a user to select from;

receiving said hierarchical profile selections selected from said hierarchical profile selection data from the user to define said hierarchical profile; and

receiving said skills selected from said hierarchical profile selection data from the user to associate said skills with said hierarchical profile.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said hierarchical profile selections include a business sector selection, a business arena selection and a business family selection, said step of providing further comprising:

providing business sector selection data including said business sector selection to the user;

receiving said business sector selection from the user;

determining business arena selection data associated with said business sector selection and providing said business arena selection data including said business arena selection to the user;

receiving said business arena selection from the user;

determining business family selection data associated with said business arena selection and providing said business family selection data including said business family selection to the user; and

receiving said business family selection from the user.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing said hierarchical profile selection data in resource profile fields within the database in a hierarchical and relational structure.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of storing said resource profile information further comprises:

storing said resource profile information in fields within the database in a hierarchical and relational structure mirroring select ones of said resource profile fields.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of providing further comprises:

providing said hierarchical profile selection data to the user via a scalable and configurable table-driven user interface.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of providing further comprises:

providing said hierarchical profile selection data to the user via a web-based user interface.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said step of storing said hierarchical profile selection data further comprises:

storing said hierarchical profile selection data within said resource profile fields within said database, said resource profile fields being organized in tables, each of said tables including said hierarchical profile selection data to be populated in a web page presented to the user via said web-based interface.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of providing further comprises:

pushing one or more web pages at a time to a web browser associated with the user, each of said one or more web pages being populated with said hierarchical profile selection data from one of said tables.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of storing said resource profile information further comprises:

storing said resource profile information within said resource record in said database in a scalable and configurable table-driven format.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of selecting said resource profile information further comprises:

providing said hierarchical profile selection data as pre-configured resource profiles; and

receiving said hierarchical profile selections and said skills as one of said pre-configured resource profiles.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein said skills includes at least one or more general function selections identifying the level of skill associated with said three-tiered hierarchical profile, and wherein said step of providing further comprises:

providing general function selection data including said one or more general function selections to the user; and

receiving said one or more general function selections selected from said general function selection data from the user.

13. The method of claim 2, wherein said skills includes at least one or more skill category selections identifying the type of skills associated with the resource and said three-tiered hierarchical profile, said step of providing further comprising:

providing skills category selection data including said one or more skills category selections to the user; and

receiving said one or more skills category selections selected from said skills category selection data from the user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said skills further includes skills sets selections identifying the experience that the resource possesses for each of said one or more skills category selections, said step of providing further comprising:

providing skills sets selection data including said one or more skills sets selections for each of said skills category selections to the user; and

receiving said one or more skills sets selections selected from said skills sets selection data from the user.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of collecting said resource rate information further comprises:

providing resource rate selection data to a user to select from;

receiving said resource rate information selected from said resource rate selection data from the user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing said resource rate selection data in resource rate fields within the database in a hierarchical and relational structure.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said step of storing said resource rate information further comprises:

storing said resource rate information in fields within the database in a hierarchical and relational structure mirroring select ones of said resource rate fields.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein said step of providing further comprises:

providing said resource rate selection data to the user via a scalable and configurable table-driven user interface.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said step of providing further comprises:

providing said resource rate selection data to the user via a web-based user interface.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein said step of storing said resource rate information further comprises:

storing said resource rate information within said resource record in said database in a scalable and configurable table-driven format.