JOB BROADCAST DATA PUBLICATION THROUGH A WORK-OPPORTUNITY LISTING SERVER USING A RADIAL ALGORITHM TO AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTE THE JOB BROADCAST DATA IN A THRESHOLD RADIAL DISTANCE FROM A SET OF GEOSPATIAL COORDINATES ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20140067704A1
• Filed: 11/13/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Original Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj V.
• Application Number:
  US14/079,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device and a system of job broadcast data publication through a work-opportunity listing server using a radial algorithm to automatically distribute the job broadcast data in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with a mobile device. In one embodiment, the job broadcast data is radially distributed as a notification data through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification delivered to (1) a set of recipients 114 through an internet protocol (IP) based network associated with users and/or their user profiles around an epicenter defined at a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through a computing device or (2) a set of service providers through a cellular network using the radial algorithm in addition to the set of recipients 114 through the IP based network associated with users and/or their user profiles.

Claims

1. A method of a work-opportunity listing server comprising:

validating that a job broadcast data generated through a mobile device is associated with a verified user of the work-opportunity listing server using a processor and a memory;

verifying that a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server;

determining that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device is trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server; and

automatically publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server using a radial algorithm.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

processing at least one of a listing criteria associated with the job broadcast data comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a salary, a fixed fee amount, an category, a functional status of a job offered through the job broadcast data, wherein the job is at least one of a household job, a repair job, a maintenance job, a professional job and a career opportunity;

populating an availability chart when the job associated with the listing criteria is posted, wherein the availability chart includes at least one of an target candidate living area radius, a start timing, an hours per day, an hours per month, a professional qualification criteria and a timing criteria;

determining that the broadcast data is generated by the verified user of the neighborhood broadcast system when validating that the broadcast data is associated with the mobile device;

determining that an application on the mobile device is communicating the broadcast data to the neighborhood broadcasting system when the broadcast data is processed; and

associating the verified user with a verified user profile in the neighborhood broadcasting system through the application on the mobile device,

presenting the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device as a job alert pushpin of the job broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the job alert pushpin of the job broadcast is automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server,

wherein the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device is radially distributed through at least one of an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and a push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around an epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area defined by the threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the radial algorithm of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from the current geospatial location at the epicenter.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

permitting the verified user to drag and drop the job alert pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated a placed location; and

automatically notifying at least one of a career center, a hardware store, a professional services provider, a landscaper, a gardener, a plumber, a handyman, and a homeless shelter in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

extracting the geospatial coordinates from a metadata associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

determining a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the work-opportunity listing server and a digital clock of the mobile device to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and time of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device is accurate and therefore trusted; and

automatically deleting the a publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server based on a job alert expiration time.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

geocoding a set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name in a neighborhood surrounding the mobile device; and

prepopulating the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the work-opportunity listing server.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

permitting the verified user to modify content in each of the set of user profiles;

tracking the modified content through the neighborhood curation system;

generating a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user can be undone on a modified user profile page;

determining an editing credibility of the verified user based on an edit history of the verified user and a community contribution validation of the verified user by other users of the neighborhood curation system; and

automatically publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server using the radial algorithm.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

processing a claim request of the verified user generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system;

determining if the claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system;

associating the verified user with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community has been activated by at least one of the verified user and a different verified user;

permitting the verified user to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive;

verifying the claim request of the verified user generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system when the address is determined to be associated with at least one of a work address and a residential address of the verified user; and

simultaneously publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device in the threshold radial distance from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user of the neighborhood curation system when automatically publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server based on a set of preferences of the verified user using the radial algorithm.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

automatically downloading a set of resumes to the mobile device, wherein an employer is the verified user;

providing an interface to the employer such that the employer can use a haptic ‘

flick’

gesture in at least one of a horizontal and a vertical fashion to switch a viewing pane associated with a resume;

analyzing a response of the employer being at least one a dismiss, a save, a rating, a review and an interview of an applicant for the job associated with the job broadcast data through the work-opportunity listing server;

automatically initiating at least one of a video communication and an audio communication between the mobile device of the employer and another mobile device the potential job applicant through the work-opportunity listing server based on the interview of the applicant for the job associated with the job broadcast data through the work-opportunity listing server;

permitting the job applicant and other job applicants to view at least one of the rating and the review provided by the employer for each of the potential job applicants based on a participation criteria set by at least one of the employer and the job applicant, such that each job applicant is able to view ratings and reviews of each participating candidate for the job associated with the job broadcast data;

permitting each job applicant for the job associated with the job broadcast data to communicate with each other and form social connections with each other based on the participation criteria set by at least one of the employer and the job applicant, such that each job applicant is able to form social connections with each participating candidate for the job associated with the job broadcast data;

permitting participating employers in the work-opportunity listing server to see at least one of previous ratings, interview comments, reviews, prescreen questions, and background checks of across a plurality of applicants applying for a plurality jobs through the work-opportunity listing server such that different employers benefit from previous diligence of at one of previous ratings, interview comments, reviews, prescreen questions, and background checks by participating employers with each applicant to the job that has previously applied for different jobs through the work-opportunity listing server; and

providing a summary data to the employer generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device when publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device in at least one of the private neighborhood community and the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server based on the set of preferences of the verified user.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

live broadcasting the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community and currently within the threshold radial distance from the current geospatial location through the work-opportunity listing server through a multicast algorithm such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems associated with each of the different user and the other verified users simultaneously when the mobile device of the verified user generating the live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the mobile device of the verified user generating the broadcast and in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection; and

permitting the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user generating the broadcast through the work-opportunity listing server,

wherein any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection is at least one of a residential address of the verified user and a work address of the verified user that has been confirmed by the work-opportunity listing server as being associated with the verified user, and

wherein the threshold distance is between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast,

wherein the work-opportunity listing server includes a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the work-opportunity listing server persists and which is deleted, and

wherein the work-opportunity listing server permits users to mute messages of specific verified users to prevent misuse of the work-opportunity listing server.

11. A method of a work-opportunity listing server comprising:

determining that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of a job broadcast data generated through a computing device is trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of a user of the work-opportunity listing server using a processor and a memory; and

automatically publishing the job broadcast data generated through the computing device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the computing device of the user of the work-opportunity listing server using a radial algorithm; and

radially distributing the job broadcast data as a notification data through at least one of an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and a push notification delivered to at least one of;

a set of recipients 114 through an internet protocol (IP) based network associated with users and their user profiles around an epicenter defined at the set of geo spatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the computing device, and

a set of service providers accessible by the work opportunity server through a cellular network using the radial algorithm in addition to the set of recipients 114 through the IP based network associated with users and their user profiles.

to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area defined by the threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the computing device through the radial algorithm of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from the current geospatial location at the epicenter.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

validating that the job broadcast data generated through the computing device is associated with the user of the work-opportunity listing server;

verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the computing device are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the user of the work-opportunity listing server;

processing at least one of a listing criteria associated with the job broadcast data comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a salary, a fixed fee amount, an category, a functional status of a job offered through the job broadcast data, wherein the job is at least one of a household job, a repair job, a maintenance job, a professional job and a career opportunity;

populating an availability chart when the job associated with the listing criteria is posted, wherein the availability chart includes at least one of an target candidate living area radius, a start timing, an hours per day, an hours per month, a professional qualification criteria and a timing criteria;

determining that the broadcast data is generated by the user of the neighborhood broadcast system when validating that the broadcast data is associated with the computing device;

determining that an application on the computing device is communicating the broadcast data to the neighborhood broadcasting system when the broadcast data is processed; and

associating the user with a user profile in the neighborhood broadcasting system through the application on the computing device; and

presenting the job broadcast data generated through the computing device as a job alert pushpin of the job broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the job alert pushpin of the job broadcast is automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the computing device of the user of the work-opportunity listing server,

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

permitting the user to drag and drop the job alert pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated a placed location;

automatically notifying at least one of a career center, a hardware store, a professional services provider, a landscaper, a gardener, a plumber, a handyman, and a homeless shelter in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the computing device.

14. A system comprising:

a work opportunity server to automatically publish a job broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data of a verified user of the work-opportunity listing server using a radial algorithm;

a network; and

a mobile device communicatively coupled with the work opportunity server through the network to generate the job broadcast data using at least one of a camera, a microphone, and a sensory capability of the mobile device to generate a captured data that is appended with a present geospatial location and a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of the captured data in generating the job broadcast data.

15. The system of claim 14 in which the work opportunity server further comprises:

a validation module to determine that a job broadcast data generated through a mobile device is associated with a verified user of the work-opportunity listing server using a processor and a memory, and to determine that the broadcast data is generated by the verified user of the neighborhood broadcast system when validating that the broadcast data is associated with the mobile device and to ensure that a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server;

a time stamp module 202 to determine that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device is trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server;

a listing module to determine at least one of a listing criteria associated with the job broadcast data comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a salary, a fixed fee amount, an category, a functional status of a job offered through the job broadcast data, wherein the job is at least one of a household job, a repair job, a maintenance job, a professional job and a career opportunity;

a charting module to populate an availability chart when the job associated with the listing criteria is posted, wherein the availability chart includes at least one of an target candidate living area radius, a start timing, an hours per day, an hours per month, a professional qualification criteria and a timing criteria;

an application module to communicate the broadcast data to the neighborhood broadcasting system when the broadcast data is processed, and to associate the verified user with a verified user profile in the neighborhood broadcasting system through the application on the mobile device;

a pushpin module to present the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device as a job alert pushpin of the job broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the job alert pushpin of the job broadcast is automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server; and

a radial distribution module to radially distribute the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through at least one of an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and a push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around an epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area defined by the threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the radial algorithm of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from the current geospatial location at the epicenter.

16. The system of claim 15 in which the work opportunity server further comprises:

a placement module to enable the verified user to drag and drop the job alert pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated a placed location; and

a notification module to automatically notifying at least one of a career center, a hardware store, a professional services provider, a landscaper, a gardener, a plumber, a handyman, and a homeless shelter in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device.

17. The system of claim 16 in which the work opportunity server further comprises:

an extraction module to separate the geospatial coordinates from a metadata associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server.

18. The system of claim 17 in which the work opportunity server further comprises:

a matching module to determine a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the work-opportunity listing server and a digital clock of the mobile device to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and time of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device is accurate and therefore trusted; and

a deletion module automatically remove the a publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server based on a job alert expiration time.

19. The method of claim 18 in which the work opportunity server further comprises:

a plotting module to geocode a set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name in a neighborhood surrounding the mobile device; and

a data-seeding module to prepopulate the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the work-opportunity listing server.

20. The system of claim 19 in which the work opportunity server further comprises:

modification module to alter content in each of the set of user profiles;

discovery module to track the modified content through the neighborhood curation system;

an undo module to generate a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user can be undone on a modified user profile page;

a reputation module to determine an editing credibility of the verified user based on an edit history of the verified user and a community contribution validation of the verified user by other users of the neighborhood curation system;

a publishing module to automatically communicate the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server using the radial algorithm;

a claiming module to process a claim request of the verified user generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system;

a private-neighborhood module to determine if the claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system;

an association module to associate the verified user with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community has been activated by at least one of the verified user and a different verified user;

a boundary module to permit the verified user to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive;

an address type module to verify the claim request of the verified user generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system when the address is determined to be associated with at least one of a work address and a residential address of the verified user;

a concurrency module to simultaneously publish the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device in the threshold radial distance from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user of the neighborhood curation system when automatically publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server based on a set of preferences of the verified user using the radial algorithm;

a download module to automatically download a set of resumes to the mobile device, wherein an employer is the verified user, and to provide an interface to the employer such that the employer can use a haptic ‘

flick’

gesture in at least one of a horizontal and a vertical fashion to switch a viewing pane associated with a resume;

an employer module to analyze a response of the employer being at least one a dismiss, a save, a rating, a review and an interview of an applicant for the job associated with the job broadcast data through the work-opportunity listing server and to automatically initiate at least one of a video communication and an audio communication between the mobile device of the employer and another mobile device the potential job applicant through the work-opportunity listing server based on the interview of the applicant for the job associated with the job broadcast data through the work-opportunity listing server;

an applicant module to permit the job applicant and other job applicants to view at least one of the rating and the review provided by the employer for each of the potential job applicants based on a participation criteria set by at least one of the employer and the job applicant, such that each job applicant is able to view ratings and reviews of each participating candidate for the job associated with the job broadcast data, and to permit each job applicant for the job associated with the job broadcast data to communicate with each other and form social connections with each other based on the participation criteria set by at least one of the employer and the job applicant, such that each job applicant is able to form social connections with each participating candidate for the job associated with the job broadcast data;

a historical applicant module to permit participating employers in the work-opportunity listing server to see at least one of previous ratings, interview comments, reviews, prescreen questions, and background checks of across a plurality of applicants applying for a plurality jobs through the work-opportunity listing server such that different employers benefit from previous diligence of at one of previous ratings, interview comments, reviews, prescreen questions, and background checks by participating employers with each applicant to the job that has previously applied for different jobs through the work-opportunity listing server;

a summary module to generate a summary data to the employer generating the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device when publishing the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device in at least one of the private neighborhood community and the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the work-opportunity listing server based on the set of preferences of the verified user;

a live broadcast module to live broadcasting the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community and currently within the threshold radial distance from the current geospatial location through the work-opportunity listing server through a multicast algorithm such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems associated with each of the different user and the other verified users simultaneously when the mobile device of the verified user generating the live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the mobile device of the verified user generating the broadcast and in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection;

a bi-directional communication module to permit the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user generating the broadcast through the work-opportunity listing server;

a moderation module to apply a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the work-opportunity listing server persists and which is deleted;

a muting module to permit users to mute messages of specific verified users to prevent misuse of the work-opportunity listing server;

a threshold module to automatically set the threshold distance between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the job broadcast data generated through the mobile device to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast; and

a non-transitory module determine any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection is at least one of a residential address of the verified user and a work address of the verified user that has been confirmed by the work-opportunity listing server as being associated with the verified user.