Recorded medium on which program for displaying skill, achievement level, display device, and displaying method

• US 6,857,877 B1
• Filed: 12/08/1999
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Skill/Vision Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Skill/Vision Company Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Yasuko
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Application Number:
  US10/130,111
• Time in Patent Office: 1,903 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/219, 434/322, 434/323, 434/350, 434/362, 434/365, 700/92, 705/11, 705/30, 705/65, 707/100, 707/102, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 434/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• 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 recorded medium on which a program for displaying an index of skill achievement level of vocational field concerning the skills that one or more users have is recorded. The program is a (skill-map) displaying program characterized in that the program has a table having item (a) where the results of evaluation of the degrees of achievement of skill items necessary for the vocational field by a predetermined evaluating method are inputted as numerical values and item (b) where the reference values of the skill items are inputted as numerical values, the numerical values inputted to table (a) and those of table (b) are compared to display the skill achievement levels of the users at the input time and the reference values for comparison. Such a program is used especially through a network to facilitate the matching of a vocation and the business management for companies and to help the user make a skill-up plan and know the market value of the user. A skill map displaying device and a displaying method are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer program product for displaying skill achievement levels for a plurality of skills of a vocational field possessed by at least one user, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

a first table which is stored on the computer readable medium and includes a first field and a second field, the first field storing numerical user values corresponding to skill levels of a user for the skills required in the vocational field, and the second field storing numerical standard values corresponding to standard skill levels for the skills required in the vocational field; and

a program which is stored on the computer readable medium, the program executable on a computer to perform a method comprising;

comparing a numerical user value stored in the first field with a numerical standard value stored in the second field; and

graphically displaying a skill achievement level of the user based on a result of the comparing the numerical user value with the numerical standard value.

2. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises determining the numerical user value using a predetermined skill evaluating procedure, and storing the the numerical user value in the the first field.

3. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1 or 2,

wherein the vocational field includes at least two jobs having different classification levels,

and said a second field includes numerical standard values corresponding to the standard skill levels for the skills required in the two jobs.

4. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method displays at least two skill achievement levels.

5. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said first field includes current and past numerical user values for at least one of the skills, and

wherein the program displays a transition of the skill achievement level by comparing the current and past numerical user values.

6. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second table which is stored on the computer readable medium and includes personal information of user.

7. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises selecting at least one of the skills for which the skill achievement level is to be displayed.

8. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein said program is executed on at least one a host computer and a terminal of a network system.

9. The computer program product as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of said numerical standard values are computed according to an average of of numerical user values of a plurality of users.

10. The computer program product claimed in claim 8,

wherein the method further comprises determining desired users and displaying information of the desired users by selecting and inputting an arbitrary minimum value of the numerical user values via the terminal or the host computer.

11. An information display device for displaying skill achievement levels for a plurality of skills of a vocational field possessed by at least one user, comprising:

a input unit for inputting user information;

a storage means for storing the user information, a program, and first table which includes a first field and a second field, the first field storing numerical user values corresponding to skill levels of a user for the skills required in the vocational field, and the second field storing numerical standard values corresponding to standard skill levels for the skills required in the vocational field;

a processor executing the program stored in the storage means; and

a display means for displaying a result processed by the processor

wherein the processor compares a numerical user value stored in the first field with a numerical standard value stored in the second field, and graphically displays on the display means a skill achievement level of the user based on a result of the comparing the numerical evaluation value with the numerical standard value.

12. A method for displaying skill achievement levels for a plurality of skills of a vocational field possessed by at least one user, comprising the steps of:

referring to a table having a first field and a second field, the first field storing numerical user values corresponding to skill levels of a user for the skills required in the vocational field, the numerical user values being determined in accordance with a predetermined evaluating method, and the second field storing numerical standard values corresponding to standard skill levels for the skills required in the vocational field;

comparing a numerical user value stored in the first field with a numerical standard value stored in the table second field; and

graphically displaying a skill achievement level of the user based on a result of the comparing the numerical evaluation value with the numerical standard value.

13. A information displaying system comprising a host computer;

and at least one terminal communicably linked to the host computer, wherein the host computer includes a memory including a program adapted to enable the host computer to perform the steps of;

referring to a table stored in the memory having a first field and a second field, the first field storing numerical user values corresponding to skill levels of a user for the skills required in a vocational field, the numerical user values being determined in accordance with a predetermined evaluating method, and the second field storing numerical standard values corresponding to standard skill levels for the skills required in the vocational field;

comparing a numerical user value stored in the first field with a numerical standard value stored in the second field; and

graphically displaying a skill achievement level of the user based on a result of the comparing the numerical evaluation value with the numerical standard value.

14. The information display system claimed in claim 13, further comprising

a terminal of the user communicably linked to the host computer;

wherein said at least one terminal is a terminal of a third party for searching the information regarding the user; and

wherein the program is further adapted to enable the host computer to perform the steps of determining desired users and displaying information of the desired users by selecting one of the skills and inputting an arbitrary minimum value of the numerical user values via the terminal of the user or the terminal of the third party.

15. The information display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said terminal of the third party is adapted to search for information of users by selecting a skill and inputting an arbitrary numerical user value.

16. The information display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein information of a user is erasable or modifiable from the terminal of the user.

17. The information display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the memory of the host computer stores a table for managing ranked information of the third-party, whereby the system restricts display contents of a user'"'"'s personal information according to the rank of the third party.

18. The information display system claimed in claim 13,

wherein the at least one terminal is a terminal of a user;

and

wherein the program is further adapted to enable the host computer to perform the steps of determining desired users and displaying personal information of desired users by selecting one the skills and inputting an arbitrary minimum value of the numerical user values via the terminal of the user.

19. The information display system as claimed in claim 18, wherein said personal information includes at least one of income and position.

20. The information display system as claimed in claim 18, wherein at least one item of useful information related to said items of skill is installed in said host computer or in another host computer connectable to the host computer.

21. The information display system as claimed in claim 18, wherein said personal information of the users includes a schedule of the user.

22. The information display system as claimed in claim 18, wherein a result of the user'"'"'s job to the corresponding skill according to a user'"'"'s job achieved by the user.

23. The information display system claimed in claim 13, further comprising

a terminal of a user communicably linked to the host computer;

wherein said at least one terminal is a terminal of a third party; and

wherein the program is further adapted to enable the host computer to perform the steps of determining desired users and displaying personal information of desired users by selecting one of the skills and inputting an arbitrary minimum value of the numerical user values via the host computer.