Resume storage and retrieval system

• US 6,718,340 B1
• Filed: 04/02/1998
• Issued: 04/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oracle Taleo LLC
• Original Assignee: Mary M. Hartman, Richard L. Hartman, Roy P. Massena
• Inventors: Massena, Roy P., Hartman, Mary M., Hartman, Richard L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones, Charles
• Application Number:
  US09/054,339
• Time in Patent Office: 2,196 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/513, 707/102, 705/1, 709/206, 709/209, 382/282, 395/200.3, 395/200.49, 395/187.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for storage and retrieval of resumé images in a manner which preserves the appearance, organization, and information content of the original document. In addition, summaries or “outlines” of resumé images, broken down into multiple fields, are stored, and can be searched field by field. A user interface is provided which is based on a familiar paper-based method already in common use, thus reducing the training required to effectively use the system.

Claims

1. A resumé

file information method for handling a resumé

graphics file of a job applicant, the resumé

graphics file corresponding to an original document, the method comprising;

transmitting, using a server, a resumé

graphics file upload request;

receiving an outline, and a resumé

graphics file at the server, via the World Wide Web, the resumé

graphics file corresponding to an original document and maintaining the appearance, format information, and font information of the original document;

storing the received resumé

graphics file, using the server; and

transmitting, from the server, the appearance and format information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the resumé

graphics file is of an EPS format.

3. A method of handling a resumé

file of a job applicant, the resumé

file corresponding to an original document, the method comprising;

transmitting to a client machine, via the Internet, a resumé

graphics file upload request;

receiving from the client machine, via the Internet, an outline, and a resumé

graphics file corresponding to an original document and maintaining the appearance, format information, and font information of the original document;

storing the resumé

graphics file in a database;

receiving, from a client machine, a retrieval request; and

transmitting the appearance, format information, and font information to the client machine in response to receiving the retrieval request.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the resumé

graphics file is of an EPS format.

5. A method of handling a resumé

file of a job applicant, the resumé

file corresponding to an original document, the method comprising;

providing a memory, and a database defined in the memory, the database being arranged to include a plurality of entries;

configuring the database for the storage and retrieval of at least resumé

graphics files;

providing an applicant'"'"'s client machine;

establishing a connection to the applicant'"'"'s client machine via the World Wide Web;

transmitting to the client'"'"'s machine, via the connection, a resumé

graphics file upload request;

receiving from the client machine, via the connection, an outline, and a resumé

graphics file corresponding to an original document and maintaining the appearance, format information, and font information of the original document;

storing the resumé

graphics file in the database;

receiving, from a client machine, a retrieval request; and

transmitting the appearance and format information to the client machine in response to receiving the retrieval request.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the resumé

file is of an EPS format.

7. A resumé

file information method for handling a resumé

graphics file of a job applicant, the resumé

graphics file corresponding to an original document, the method comprising;

providing a server including a memory, and a database defined in the memory, the database being arranged to include a plurality of entries;

configuring the database for the storage and retrieval of at least resumé

graphics files;

providing an applicant'"'"'s client machine;

establishing a connection between the client machine and the server, via the World Wide Web;

transmitting a resumé

graphics file upload request from the server, via the connection;

receiving an outline, and a resumé

graphics file at the server, via the connection, the resumé

graphics file corresponding to an original document and maintaining the appearance, format information, and font information of the original document;

storing the received resumé

graphics file in the database, using the server; and

transmitting, from the server, the appearance and format information.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the resumé

graphics file is of an EPS format.

9. A resumé

storage and retrieval method comprising;

providing a server including a memory, and a database defined in the memory and arranged to include a plurality of entries;

transmitting at least a resumé

graphics file upload request, using the server;

transmitting resumé

information, using an applicant'"'"'s client machine, to the server via the Internet, the resumé

information including at least an outline, and a graphics file corresponding to a resumé

document, which graphics file maintains the appearance, format information, and font information of the resumé

document;

receiving and storing the resumé

information, using the server, as an entry in the database in response to the applicant'"'"'s client machine transmitting the resumé

information to the server;

selectively providing to the server, using a second client machine, a search request including search parameters;

searching the database, using the server, in response to the server receiving the search request; and

communicating, using the server, in response to the searching of the database, to the second client machine an amount of the resumé

information in the database for entries which satisfy the search parameters.

10. The resumé

storage and retrieval method of claim 9 wherein the graphics file transmitted to the server from the applicant'"'"'s client machine is of an EPS format.

11. A resumé

file information system for submission of a resumé

file of a job applicant, the resumé

file corresponding to an original document, the system comprising;

a server having a memory and being configured to transmit, via a communications network, a resumé

graphics file upload request, the server being further configured to receive a resumé

graphics file for a job applicant corresponding to an original document and maintaining the appearance, format information, and font information of the original document, and to store the resumé

graphics file in the memory, the server further being configured to provide, via a communications network, a resumé

outline form including a plurality of fields to be filled in with information by the job applicant, the resumé

outline form including indicia indicating what resumé

summary information is to be provided in each of the fields, the server further being configured to receive the resumé

summary information, to store the summary information in the memory, and to associate the summary information with the resumé

graphics file, for the job applicant.

12. The system for submission of a resumé

file of a job applicant of claim 11 wherein the resumé

graphics file is of an EPS format.

13. A resumé

storage and retrieval method comprising;

providing a server including a memory, and a database defined in the memory, the database being arranged to include a plurality of entries;

configuring the database for the storage and retrieval of at least resumé

graphics files;

providing an applicant'"'"'s client machine;

establishing a connection between the applicant'"'"'s client machine and the server, via the World Wide Web;

receiving, via the connection, a resumé

graphics file upload request at the applicant'"'"'s client machine;

transmitting resumé

information to the server via the connection, the resumé

information including at least an outline, and a graphics file corresponding to a resumé

document, which graphics file maintains the appearance, format information, and font information of the resumé

document;

receiving and storing the resumé

information, using the server, as an entry in the database in response to the applicant'"'"'s client machine transmitting the resumé

information to the server;

selectively providing to the server, using a second client machine, a search request including search parameters;

searching the database, using the server, in response to the server receiving the search request; and

communicating, using the server, in response to the searching of the database, to the second client machine an amount of the resumé

information in the database for entries which satisfy the search parameters.

14. The resumé

storage and retrieval method of claim 13 wherein the graphics file transmitted to the server from the applicant'"'"'s client machine is of an EPS format.

15. The resumé

storage and retrieval method of claim 13 wherein the resumé

information further includes textual data in addition to the graphics file, and wherein searching the database includes searching the textual data.

16. The resumé

storage and retrieval method of claim 15 wherein the textual data comprises a plurality of fields.