Methods and systems for time-basing, matching, and reporting digital resumes, digital job orders and other electronic proposals

• US 7,624,159 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2004
• Issued: 11/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Skill Cubes Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Skill Cubes Incorporated
• Inventors: Kohs, Jim
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdullahi; Salad
• Application Number:
  US10/555,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20070022188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,028 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/226, 707/10, 705/9
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

An infrastructure system (112) for facilitating the creation of time-based digital resumes (124) and time-based digital job orders (126) and the matching thereof (122), the system including an on-site exchange (118), a private exchange (114), and a public exchange (116). A time-basing method (228) for facilitating preprogrammed time-dependent variation in an electronic proposal. An aspiration matching method (150) for matching (122) a digital resume (124) to a digital job order (126), wherein the digital resume (124) includes at least one resume aspiration, and wherein the digital job order includes at least one job order aspiration, in order to achieve a high level of expected satisfaction between the submitter of the digital resume and the submitter of the digital job order upon consummation of a transaction based on the matching (122) of the resume (124) with the job order (126). A graphical reporting method for reporting feedback based on comparisons of time-based digital resumes and time-based digital job orders.

Claims

1. A computer network system for facilitating the creation of time-dependent electronic proposals and the matching thereof, the system comprising:

a computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals, each of said time-dependent electronic proposals comprising;

at least one automatically updating time-variant field comprising;

a calendar start date field;

a calendar end date field; and

a plurality of coordinate data pairs which comprise a date value and a magnitude value, wherein the magnitude value associates with a user selection criterion, the data being suitable for dynamic time-dependent variance of values associated with said at least one time-dependent electronic proposal;

at least one exchange for receiving, containing, and matching said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals, said at least one exchange for matching said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals based on said at least one time-variant field;

wherein said at least one time-dependent electronic job order and/or at least one time-dependent electronic resume further comprises aspirations data, said aspirations data providing information regarding career aspirations; and

an interface associated with said at least one exchange, said interface for creating, updating, and viewing said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals comprises at least one time-dependent electronic job order and/or at least one time-dependent electronic resume.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

means for enabling third-party proprietary software, which matches at least one electronic resume to at least one electronic job order, to implement said at least one time-variant field.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

means for enabling third-party proprietary software, which forms matches between electronic resumes and electronic job orders, to communicate with said at least one time-dependent electronic resume and said at least one time-dependent electronic job order contained in said at least one exchange.

5. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

means for enabling all third-party skills matching software vendors to access full-color graphical feedback reports generated by matching said plurality of electronic proposals.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for interlinking a plurality of exchanges.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for interlinking a plurality of exchanges further comprises a full-time public network.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said at least one exchange further comprises an on-site exchange, a private exchange, and/or a public exchange.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals may be matched based on time-dependent electronic proposals included in any of said on-site exchange, said private exchange, or said public exchange.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals further comprises one or more standardized templates adapted to facilitate the creation of said at least one time-variant field.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the contents of said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals is configured in accordance with redefined XML standards.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

means for maintaining privacy and anonymity between any two parties using said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one exchange further matches said plurality of time-dependent electronic proposals based on a single numerical value generated given a single time.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said interface further comprises a Virtual Box, said Virtual Box graphically presenting match values between two time-dependent electronic proposals.

15. A time-basing method for use with a computer processing system in facilitating preprogrammed time-dependent variation in an electronic proposal, comprising the steps of:

receiving in a computer processing system time-variant input data including a calendar start date, a calendar end date, and a plurality of coordinate data pairs which comprise a date value and a magnitude value, wherein the magnitude value associates with a user selection criterion, the data being suitable for dynamic time-dependent variance of values associated with at least one time-dependent electronic proposal;

wherein said at least one time-dependent electronic proposal further comprises at least one electronic resume, said at least one time-dependent electronic resume further comprising aspirations data, said aspirations data providing information regarding career aspirations;

storing in said computer processing system said at least one time-dependent electronic proposal;

said time-variant input data automatically updating said time-dependent electronic proposal;

comparing in said computer processing system said at least one time-dependent electronic proposal to one or more other proposals; and

calculating in said computer processing system a match value for each comparison of said at least one time-dependent electronic proposal to said one or more other proposals.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said aspirations data further comprises time-variant input data.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said at least one time-dependent electronic proposal comprises a time-dependent electronic job order and said one or more other proposals comprise electronic resumes.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

decomposing in said computer processing system said time-variant input data into corresponding static data which inherently includes the time-variant data but is not in time-variant format.

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

utilizing in said computer processing system the decomposed data in comparing electronic proposals to enable otherwise static skills matching selection criteria to behave dynamically over a described period of time without further user input.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of generating in said computer processing system full-color graphical feedback reports depicting said match value.