SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING EXPERTS
First Claim
1. A method of identifying particular technical talent within an organization, including:
- receiving a talent nomination that includes two or more talent-labels that identify a nominee'"'"'s technical talents in a first category and a second category, wherein at least some of the talent-labels in the first category are more specific to the organization to which the nominee belongs than the talent-labels in the second category,accumulating talent-label points for the nominee'"'"'s talent-labels, including assigning talent-label points for at least co-worker endorsements and from analysis of at least one work activity database that describes work activity of the co-worker, andresponding to queries for particular technical talents by identifying one or more relevant talent-labels, one or more nominees for each relevant talent-label, and the ii identified nominees'"'"' talent-label points.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and computer readable storages for identifying experts with particular talents among participants in an online social network. Identification of experts with particular talents identified by talent-labels can take into account multiple factors. One factor that can be applied is self-nomination. Individuals who offer to help others can be expected to offer assistance in areas where they have strong talents. Another factor that can be applied is endorsements by others. A co-worker making an endorsement can be encouraged or required to supply narrative that describes experience with the nominee'"'"'s actual work. Another factor that can be applied is data mining by semantic analysis or other techniques, taking advantage of access to fielded databases that describe a nominee'"'"'s work activities. One or more proficiency scores can be derived from these and other factors and used when responding to queries or generally when compiling expertise inventories or talent banks
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24 Claims
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1. A method of identifying particular technical talent within an organization, including:
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receiving a talent nomination that includes two or more talent-labels that identify a nominee'"'"'s technical talents in a first category and a second category, wherein at least some of the talent-labels in the first category are more specific to the organization to which the nominee belongs than the talent-labels in the second category, accumulating talent-label points for the nominee'"'"'s talent-labels, including assigning talent-label points for at least co-worker endorsements and from analysis of at least one work activity database that describes work activity of the co-worker, and responding to queries for particular technical talents by identifying one or more relevant talent-labels, one or more nominees for each relevant talent-label, and the ii identified nominees'"'"' talent-label points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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receive a talent nomination that includes two or more talent-labels that identify a nominee'"'"'s technical talents in a first category and a second category, wherein at least some of the talent-labels in the first category are more specific to the organization to which the nominee belongs than the talent-labels in the second category, accumulate talent-label points for the nominee'"'"'s talent-labels, including assigning talent-label points for at least co-worker endorsements and from analysis of at least one work activity database that describes work activity of the co-worker, and respond to queries for particular technical talents by identifying one or more ii relevant talent-labels, one or more nominees for each relevant talent-label, and the identified nominees'"'"' talent-label points. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for identifying particular technical talent within an organization, including:
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a processor and memory coupled to the processor, the memory loaded with instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a talent nomination that includes two or more talent-labels that identify a nominee'"'"'s technical talents in a first category and a second category, wherein at least some of the talent-labels in the first category are more specific to the organization to which the nominee belongs than the talent-labels in the second category, accumulate talent-label points for the nominee'"'"'s talent-labels, including assigning talent-label points for at least co-worker endorsements and from analysis of at least one work activity database that describes work activity of the co-worker, and respond to queries for particular technical talents by identifying one or more relevant talent-labels, one or more nominees for each relevant talent-label, and the identified nominees'"'"' talent-label points. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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