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System and method for normalizing a resume

  • US 6,874,002 B1
  • Filed: 07/03/2001
  • Issued: 03/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method of transferring alien free-text, unstructured multi-lingual information from a resume to a discreet information categorization, comprising:

  • a) pre processing a resume using lexical and content analysis to;

    i) determine the language of the resume;

    ii) determine the origin of the resume;

    iii) determine to layout and general topology of the resume; and

    iv) determine the discreet type of the resume based on the determined language, layout and topology of the resume;

    b) selecting a processing template based on steps a.i. to a.iv. and inputting the template into memory, said template having a discreet (predetermined) number of layouts, topologies and categories and sets or series of sections of text information for each category;

    c) providing a set of default templates per determined language when the lexical and content analysis fails to determine the layout, topology and type of the resume;

    d) implementing the default templates to allow the system to extract the most important information on the resume allowing an automated contact generation and response to a resume originator, e) automatically generating a contact or response to the resume originator by either electronic or paper based means;

    f) normalizing the resume by using the template to associate each resume content section with a discreet information category thereby creating a plurality of normalized resume contents; and

    g) automatically transferring each normalized resume content to a resume data section within a discreet data store comprising a database or a tagged data store including XML in which each said resume data section is identified by a storage section identifier comprising a fieldname or a tag-name mapped to the normalized resume content.

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