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

  • US 7,191,139 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2001
  • Issued: 03/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for cataloging skills comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a hierarchical list of defined skills;

    assigning an alphanumeric symbol to each of said defined skills to create an Intellectual Capital code for said defined skills, said Intellectual capital code comprising a series of one or more said alphanumeric symbols assigned to said defined skills to correspond to said hierarchical list of defined skills;

    receiving a set of submitted skills using a machine, wherein said set of submitted skills contains at least one of said defined skills in said hierarchical list;

    identifying said Intellectual Capital code corresponding to said defined skill in said set of submitted skills;

    adding at least one weighting factor to at least one of said Intellectual Capital codes in said set of submitted skills, said weighting factor having a characteristic that allows it to be used to match and rank at least a portion of said submitted skills; and

    storing at least said identified Intellectual Capital codes and said weighting factor in a machine-readable data source.

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