System for cataloging, inventorying selecting, measuring, valuing and matching intellectual capital and skills with a skill requirement

• US 7,191,138 B1
• Filed: 04/15/2000
• Issued: 03/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IRMS Net Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mindloft Corporation
• Inventors: Reno, Robert, Roy, Malcolm, Ward, Calvin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes; John W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nelson; Freda A
• Application Number:
  US09/549,079
• Time in Patent Office: 2,523 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/3, 705/5, 705 7- 11, 705/32, 235/376, 707/3, 707/2, 707/102, 434/219
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/123 Tax preparation or submission
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system for cataloging, inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching Intellectual Capital skills and matching or inquiring of an individual'"'"'s skills, and particularly to a system for finding candidates for an employment or consulting position having requisite skills, and more particularly to a system for creating a searchable knowledge base of individuals skills indexed in a hierarchical cataloging, measuring and valuation system. The present invention includes generating a list of Intellectual Capital Codes based upon a standardized skills catalog which contains a set of skill categories organized in a hierarchical manner with a unique code assigned to each category within each hierarchical level, wherein the combination of at least one code from at least one of the hierarchical levels forms an Intellectual Capital code.

Claims

1. In a method using a machine for cataloging the Intellectual Capital of individuals, said individuals having individual skills, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing a hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories with a plurality of levels;

assigning said skills to said Intellectual Capital categories on each of said levels;

assigning an Intellectual Capital code to each of said assigned skills, said Intellectual capital code comprising a series of one or more alphanumeric symbols assigned to said skills to correspond to said hierarchical list of intellectual capital categories; and

using said machine at least to add at least one weighting factor to at least one of said Intellectual Capital code, wherein said weighting factor represents experience in said skills represented by said Intellectual Capital codes, and to store one or more selected from the group consisting of said Intellectual capital code, said weighting factor, and a combination of said Intellectual capital code and said weighting factor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

(1) Class

(2) Knowledge Group

(3) Skill Group

(4) Skill Set

(5) Skills.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of storing at least a portion of said Intellectual Capital codes in a machine-readable data source.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

determining the skills of at least one of said individuals;

identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said data source that corresponds to at least one of said individual'"'"'s skills; and

storing said selected individual Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source for said individual.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

determining position requirements for at least one position;

identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said position requirements; and

storing said Intellectual Capital codes that corresponds to at least one of said position requirements in said data source for said position.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

comparing at least one of said position Intellectual Capital codes to at least one of said individual Intellectual Capital codes; and

selecting at least one of said individuals based upon said comparison.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

comparing at least one of said individual Intellectual Capital codes to at least one of said position Intellectual Capital codes; and

selecting at least one of said positions based upon said comparison.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of storing additional identifying information for said individual in said machine-readable data source.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein additional information includes one or more selected from the group consisting of contact information, relocation, travel, training, and education.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said weighting factor is based upon one or more selected from the group consisting of “

Last Year Used”

, “

Number of Years Used as User”

, “

Number of Years Used as Planner”

, “

Number of Years Used as Developer”

, as “

Number of Years Used as Implementer” and

“

Number of Years Used as Certified”

.

11. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

assigning a monetary value to at least one of said Intellectual Capital codes of at least one of said individuals;

storing said monetary value in said machine-readable data source; and

computing a value for said selected individual based upon said monetary value.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said Intellectual Capital code is alphanumeric.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said Intellectual Capital code is selected from the group consisting of binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal.

14. The method of claim 4, wherein said hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories, said Intellectual Capital codes, and said weighting factor are stored in a central repository, and wherein said steps of determining the skills of at least one of said individuals;

identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said individual'"'"'s skills; and

storing said selected individual Intellectual Capital codes occur in a remote location from said central repository.

15. The method of claim 3, wherein said machine-readable data source is accessed over the Internet.

16. The method of claim 3, wherein said machine-readable data source is accessed using one or more selected from the group consisting of drill down forms, search forms, and keyword searches.

17. The method of claim 3, wherein said machine-readable data source is accessible by one or more users selected from the group consisting of a prospect, a client, a recruiter, a system manager, and a system administrator.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

determining the skills of at least one of said prospects;

identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said prospect'"'"'s skills;

storing said selected prospect Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source for said prospect;

determining the client position requirements for at least one position with at least one of said clients;

identifying at least one of said client position Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said client position requirements; and

storing said selected client position Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source for said client position.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for at least one client position from at least one of said prospects wherein said request contains at least one client position requirement for said client position;

comparing said request to at least a portion of said client positions in said machine-readable data source; and

selecting at least one of said client positions based upon said comparison.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

comparing said selected client position to said prospect;

preparing a comparison report based upon said comparison; and

returning said comparison report to said prospect.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising the step of communicating said prospect'"'"'s interest in said selected client position to said recruiter.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for at least one prospect from at least one of said clients wherein said request contains at least one prospect skill for said prospect;

comparing said request to at least a portion of said prospect skills in said machine-readable data source; and

selecting at least one of said prospects based upon said comparison.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:

comparing said selected prospect to said client position;

preparing a comparison report based upon said comparison; and

returning said comparison report to said client.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of communicating said client'"'"'s interest in said selected prospect to said recruiter.

25. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for at least one client position from at least one of said recruiters wherein said request contains at least one client position requirement;

comparing said request to at least a portion of said client positions in said machine-readable data source; and

selecting at least one of said client positions based upon said comparison.

26. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for at least one prospect from at least one of said recruiters wherein said request contains at least one prospect skill;

comparing said request to at least a portion of said prospect skills in said machine-readable data source; and

selecting at least one of said prospects based upon said comparison.

27. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of sending at least a portion of said prospect'"'"'s skills to said client to initiate an interview process.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of scheduling and tracking said interview process between said prospect and said client.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein said interview process comprises one or more steps selected from the group consisting of:

(1) Send Resume

(2) Initial Interview

(3) 2^nd Interview

(4) Tech Interview

(5) Face to Face

(6) Offer

(7) Offer Accepted

(8) Offer Rejected

(9) Start At Work

(10) Other

(11) Delete.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein said recruiters communicates information related to said interview process between said prospect and said client.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein said communication is conducted using electronic mail.

32. In a method using a machine for cataloging the Intellectual Capital of individuals, said individuals having individual skills, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing a hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories with a plurality of levels;

assigning said skills to said Intellectual Capital categories on each of said levels;

assigning an Intellectual Capital code to each of said assigned skills;

adding at least one weighting factor to at least one of said Intellectual Capital codes, wherein said weighting factor represents experience in said skill represented by said Intellectual Capital code; and

storing said hierarchical list, said Intellectual Capital codes, and said weighting factor in a machine-readable form in a central repository.

33. In a method using a machine for cataloging the Intellectual Capital of individuals, said individuals having individual skills, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing a hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories with a plurality of levels;

assigning said skills to said Intellectual Capital categories on each of said levels;

assigning an Intellectual Capital code to each of said assigned skills;

adding at least one weighting factor to at least one of said Intellectual Capital codes, wherein said weighting factor represents experience in said skill represented by said Intellectual Capital code;

storing said Intellectual Capital codes for at least one of said individuals in a machine-readable data source;

determining position requirements for at least one position;

identifying said Intellectual Capital codes that corresponds to at least one of said client position requirements;

storing said Intellectual Capital codes for at least one client position in said machine-readable data source;

selecting at least one of said individuals in said machine-readable data source;

comparing at least one of said individual'"'"'s skills and at least one of said position requirements; and

preparing a comparison report based upon said comparison.

34. An apparatus for cataloging the Intellectual Capital of individuals, said individuals having individual skills, said apparatus comprising:

a machine-readable data source stored on a machine-readable medium, said data source

containing, in machine-readable form, data having a structure comprising an individual Intellectual Capital code for at least one of said individuals, wherein said individual Intellectual Capital code is determined by a hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories having a plurality of levels, wherein said individual'"'"'s skills are assigned to said Intellectual Capital categories, wherein an Intellectual Capital code is assigned to each of said assigned individual skills, said Intellectual capital code comprising a series of one or more alphanumeric symbols assigned to said skills to correspond to said hierarchical list of intellectual capital categories, and wherein at least one of said Intellectual Capital code contains at least one weighting factor representing said individual'"'"'s experience in said skill represented by said Intellectual Capital code;

a user interface for submitting position requirements for at least one position to said machine-readable data source;

a data source interface communicating between said user interface and said machine-readable data source, wherein said data source interface is capable of;

(1) identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said position requirements; and

(2) storing said selected position Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source for said position.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

(1) Class

(2) Knowledge Group

(3) Skill Group

(4) Skill Set

(5) Skill Level.

36. The apparatus of claim 34, further comprising:

a user interface for submitting said skills of said individual to said machine-readable data source;

a data source interface communicating between said user interface and said machine-readable data source, wherein said machine-readable data source is capable of;

(1) identifying said Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source which correspond to each of said individual'"'"'s skills; and

(2) storing said selected individual Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source for said individual.

37. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said data source interface is further capable of:

(1) comparing at least one of said position Intellectual Capital codes to at least one of said individual Intellectual Capital codes; and

(2) selecting at least one of said individuals based upon said comparison.

38. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said data source interface is further capable of:

(1) comparing at least one of said individual Intellectual Capital codes to at least one of said position Intellectual Capital codes; and

(2) selecting at least one position based upon said comparison.

39. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said user interface is further capable of

submitting additional identifying information for said individual to said machine-readable data source and said machine-readable data source is further capable of storing said additional information.

40. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein said additional information includes one or more selected from the group consisting of contact information, relocation, travel, training, and education.

41. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said weighting factor is one or more selected from the group consisting of “

Last Year Used”

, “

Number of Years Used as User”

, “

Number of Years Used as Planner”

, “

Number of Years Used as Developer”

, as “

Number of Years Used as Implementer” and

“

Number of Years Used as Certified”

.

42. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein said user interface is further capable of assigning a monetary value to at least one of said skills of at least one of said individuals;

and wherein said data source interface is further capable of;

(1) storing said monetary value in said machine-readable data source;

(2) selecting at least one of said individuals from said data source for which at least one monetary value has been assigned to at least one skill of said individual; and

(3) computing a value for said selected individual based upon said monetary value.

43. The apparatus of claim 34 wherein said Intellectual Capital code is alphanumeric.

44. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein said Intellectual Capital code is selected from the group consisting of binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal.

45. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said machine-readable data source is accessed over the Internet.

46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein said machine-readable data source is accessed using one or more selected from the group consisting of drill down forms, search forms, and keyword searches.

47. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said machine-readable data source is accessible by one or more users selected from the group consisting of prospects, clients, recruiters, system managers, and system administrators.

48. The apparatus of claim 47, further comprising:

a user interface capable of;

(1) submitting the skills of at least one of said prospects to said machine-readable data source; and

(2) submitting the requirements for at least one position with at least one of said clients;

a data source interface communicating between said user interface and said machine-readable data source, wherein said data source interface is capable of;

(1) identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said prospect'"'"'s skills;

(2) storing said selected prospect Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source for said prospect;

(3) identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source that corresponds to at least one client position;

(4) storing said selected client position Intellectual Capital code in said machine-readable data source for said client position;

(5) comparing at least a portion of said submission from said user interface to at least a portion of said selected client position Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source; and

(6) comparing at least a portion of said submission from said user interface to at least a portion of said selected prospect Intellectual Capital codes in said machine-readable data source.

49. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein said data interface is further capable of communicating said client'"'"'s interest in said selected prospect to said recruiter.

50. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein said data interface is further capable of sending at least a portion of said prospect'"'"'s skills to said client to initiate an interview process.

51. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein said data interface is further capable of scheduling and tracking said interview process between said prospect and said client.

52. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein said interview process comprises one or more steps selected from the group consisting of:

(1) Send Resume

(2) Initial Interview

(3) 2^nd Interview

(4) Tech Interview

(5) Face to Face

(6) Offer

(7) Offer Accepted

(8) Offer Rejected

(9) Start At Work

(10) Other

(11) Delete.

53. The apparatus of claim 50, wherein said data interface is further capable of communicating information related to said interview process between said prospect and said client under the control of said recruiter.

54. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein said communication is conducted using electronic mail.

55. The method of claim 50, wherein said machine-readable data source comprises a relational database.

56. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said machine-readable data source comprises a relational database.

57. An apparatus for cataloging the Intellectual Capital of individuals, said individuals having individual skills, said apparatus comprising:

a central repository, said central repository containing data having a structure comprising a machine-readable hierarchical list, stored on a machine-readable medium, of Intellectual Capital categories having a plurality of levels, wherein said skills are assigned to said Intellectual Capital categories, and wherein an Intellectual Capital code is assigned to each of said assigned skills, said Intellectual capital code comprising a series of one or more alphanumeric symbols assigned to said skills to correspond to said hierarchical list of intellectual capital categories; and

a remote machine-readable data source, said remote machine-readable data source containing data having a structure comprising an individual Intellectual Capital code for at least one of said individuals, wherein said individual Intellectual Capital code is a combination of at least one Intellectual Capital code from each of said Intellectual Capital categories, and wherein said individual Intellectual Capital code contains at least one weighting factor representing said individual'"'"'s experience in said skills represented by said combined Intellectual Capital codes.

58. A computer-accessible medium containing computer program for cataloging the Intellectual Capital of individuals, said individuals having individual skills, said computer program being embodied on at least one physical media, said computer program being capable of:

using a computer in establishing a hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories with a plurality of levels;

using a computer in assigning said skills to said Intellectual Capital categories on each of said levels;

using a computer in assigning an Intellectual Capital code to each of said assigned skills, said Intellectual capital code comprising a series of one or more alphanumeric symbols assigned to said skills to correspond to said hierarchical list of intellectual capital categories; and

using a computer in adding at least one weighting factor to at least one of said Intellectual Capital code, wherein said weighting factor represents experience in said skills represented by said Intellectual Capital codes.

59. The computer program of claim 58, wherein said hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

(1) Class

(2) Knowledge Group

(3) Skill Group

(4) Skill Set

(5) Skills.

60. The computer program of claim 58, further comprising the step of storing at least a portion of said Intellectual Capital codes in a computer-readable data source.

61. The computer program of claim 60, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in determining the skills of at least one of said individuals;

using a computer in identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said computer-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said individual'"'"'s skills; and

using a computer in storing said selected individual Intellectual Capital codes in said computer-readable data source for said individual.

62. The computer program of claim 60, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in determining position requirements for at least one position;

using a computer in identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said data source that corresponds to at least one of said position requirements; and

using a computer in storing said Intellectual Capital codes that corresponds to at least one of said position requirements in said computer-readable data source for said position.

63. The computer program of claim 61, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in comparing at least one of said position Intellectual Capital codes to at least one of said individual Intellectual Capital codes; and

using a computer in selecting at least one of said individuals based upon said comparison.

64. The computer program of claim 62, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in comparing at least one of said individual Intellectual Capital codes to at least one of said position Intellectual Capital codes; and

using a computer in selecting at least one of said positions based upon said comparison.

65. The computer program of claim 60, further comprising the step of using a computer in storing additional identifying information for said individual in said computer-readable data source.

66. The computer program of claim 65, wherein additional information includes one or more selected from the group consisting of contact information, relocation, travel, training, and education.

67. The computer program of claim 58, wherein said weighting factor is based upon one or more selected from the group consisting of “

Last Year Used”

, “

Number of Years Used as User”

, “

Number of Years Used as Planner”

, “

Number of Years Used as Developer”

, as “

Number of Years Used as Implementer” and

“

Number of Years Used as Certified”

.

68. The computer program of claim 60, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in assigning a monetary value to at least one of said Intellectual Capital codes of at least one of said individuals;

using a computer in storing said monetary value in said computer-readable data source; and

using a computer in computing a value for said selected individual based upon said monetary value.

69. The computer program of claim 58, wherein said Intellectual Capital code is alphanumeric.

70. The computer program of claim 69, wherein said Intellectual Capital code is selected from the group consisting of binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal.

71. The computer program of claim 61, wherein said hierarchical list of Intellectual Capital categories, said Intellectual Capital codes, and said weighting factor are stored in a central repository, and wherein said steps of determining the skills of at least one of said individuals;

identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said computer-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said individual'"'"'s skills; and

storing said selected individual Intellectual Capital codes occur in a remote location from said central repository.

72. The computer program of claim 60, wherein said computer-readable data source is accessed over the Internet.

73. The computer program of claim 60, wherein said computer-readable data source is accessed using one or more selected from the group consisting of drill down forms, search forms, and keyword searches.

74. The computer program of claim 60, wherein said computer-readable data source is accessible by one or more users selected from the group consisting of a prospect, a client, a recruiter, a system manager, and a system administrator.

75. The computer program of claim 74, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in determining the skills of at least one of said prospects;

using a computer in identifying said Intellectual Capital code in said computer-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said prospect'"'"'s skills;

using a computer in storing said selected prospect Intellectual Capital codes in said computer-readable data source for said prospect;

using a computer in determining the client position requirements for at least one position with at least one of said clients;

using a computer in identifying at least one of said client position Intellectual Capital codes in said computer-readable data source that corresponds to at least one of said client position requirements; and

using a computer in storing said selected client position Intellectual Capital codes in said computer-readable data source for said client position.

76. The computer program of claim 75, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in receiving a request for at least one client position from at least one of said prospects wherein said request contains at least one client position requirement for said client position;

using a computer in comparing said request to at least a portion of said client positions in said computer-readable data source; and

using a computer in selecting at least one of said client positions based upon said comparison.

77. The computer program of claim 76, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in comparing said selected client position to said prospect;

using a computer in preparing a comparison report based upon said comparison; and

using a computer in returning said comparison report to said prospect.

78. The computer program of claim 76, further comprising the step of using a computer in communicating said prospect'"'"'s interest in said selected client position to said recruiter.

79. The computer program of claim 75, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in receiving a request for at least one prospect from at least one of said clients wherein said request contains at least one prospect skill for said prospect;

using a computer in comparing said request to at least a portion of said prospect skills in said computer-readable data source; and

using a computer in selecting at least one of said prospects based upon said comparison.

80. The computer program of claim 79, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in comparing said selected prospect to said client position;

using a computer in preparing a comparison report based upon said comparison; and

using a computer in returning said comparison report to said client.

81. The computer program of claim 79, further comprising the step of using a computer in communicating said client'"'"'s interest in said selected prospect to said recruiter.

82. The computer program of claim 75, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in receiving a request for at least one client position from at least one of said recruiters wherein said request contains at least one client position requirement;

using a computer in comparing said request to at least a portion of said client positions in said computer-readable data source; and

using a computer in selecting at least one of said client positions based upon said comparison.

83. The computer program of claim 75, further comprising the steps of:

using a computer in receiving a request for at least one prospect from at least one of said recruiters wherein said request contains at least one prospect skill;

using a computer in comparing said request to at least a portion of said prospect skills in said computer-readable data source; and

using a computer in selecting at least one of said prospects based upon said comparison.

84. The computer program of claim 78, further comprising the step of using a computer in sending at least a portion of said prospect'"'"'s skills to said client to initiate an interview process.

85. The computer program of claim 84, further comprising the step of using a computer in scheduling and tracking said interview process between said prospect and said client.

86. The computer program of claim 85, wherein said interview process comprises one or more steps selected from the group consisting of:

(1) Send Resume

(2) Initial Interview

(3) 2^nd Interview

(4) Tech Interview

(5) Face to Face

(6) Offer

(7) Offer Accepted

(8) Offer Rejected

(9) Start At Work

(10) Other

(11) Delete.

87. The computer program of claim 85, wherein said recruiters communicates information related to said interview process between said prospect and said client.

88. The computer program of claim 87, wherein said communication is conducted using electronic mail.