Apparatuses, methods and systems for automated online data submission

• US 8,600,931 B1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monster Worldwide Incorporated (Randstad NV)
• Original Assignee: Monster Worldwide Incorporated (Randstad NV)
• Inventors: Wehrle, Richard C., Dellovo, Danielle F.
• Primary Examiner(s): PANNALA, SATHYANARAYA R
• Application Number:
  US11/695,565
• Time in Patent Office: 2,437 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 399/89
• US Class Current: 707/607
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring

Abstract

The disclosure discusses an Automated Online Data Submission/Application tool that assists a user in submitting data responding to an online data posting. An embodiment of the invention is described as a job application utility. The user registers with a central data management system. This may be achieved by uploading a resume and/or manually providing registration data. Alternately, the registration data may be derived from parsing an uploaded resume that is analyzed and stored. In another embodiment, a user may simply answer a series of registration questions to register, while also creating a resume. Once the identifying information is finalized, the user may search the broad range of job listings. The user is able to forward identifying information to respond to a job listing by forwarding an uploaded/system created resume to an email address in the job listing or conduct an auto-fill of a linked online job application form.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method for facilitating data submission comprising:

identifying via a processor a registered system user browsing a third party web site;

displaying job postings as part of a portable web view within the third party web site;

including a control bar as a component of the portable web view;

receiving a portable web view control instruction for manipulating the content displayed within the portable web view;

changing the displayed job postings within the portable web view based on contextual web browsing without altering the content displayed by the third party web site outside the portable web view; and

transmitting data associated with the registered system user to an entity associated with a user-selected job posting without leaving the third party web site.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the registered system user comprises a user'"'"'s resume data including contact information, employment history information and education information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the job postings are configured as a series of generic job listings.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is transmitted using a transmission tool that is locally stored web application plug-in.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is transmitted using a transmission tool that is a portable web view embedded in a web browser.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission tool is configured to display data provided by an ad server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is transmitted using a user data transmission procedure that includes extracting an email address from the job posting and forwarding user application information to the email address.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is transmitted using a user data transmission procedure that includes using a data transmission tool that conducts an auto-fill of an online job application data entry form.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the registered system user is extracted from an uploaded system user resume.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the registered system user is presented with an opportunity to revise the extracted data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data associated with the registered system user is transmitted and stored in a centralized user database.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein portable web view control bar includes a component to facilitate additional system user-initiated searches.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein portable web view control bar includes a component to facilitate additional user-initiated searches based on a selected geographical area.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein each generic posted link may be displayed in varying degrees of detail independent from content associated with the host application.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

facilitating a resume transmission process for a selected generic listing independent from content associated with the host application.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein an electronic copy of a resume is submitted to a posting entity.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the electronic copy of the resume is retrieved from a centralized database.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable web view is configured to facilitate job application data submission.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the portable web view is configured to update data associated with the registered system user.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein displayed content within the portable web view is changed without leaving the third party'"'"'s web site.

21. A system to facilitate data submission comprising:

a memory;

a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions issue signals to;

identify a registered system user browsing a third party web site;

display job postings as part of a portable web view within the third party web site;

include a control bar as a component of the portable web view;

receive a portable web view control instruction for manipulating the content displayed within the portable web view;

change the displayed job postings within the portable web view based on contextual web browsing without altering the content displayed by the third party web site outside the portable web view; and

transmit data associated with the registered system user to an entity associated with a user-selected job posting without leaving the third party web site.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the data associated with the registered system user comprises a user'"'"'s resume data including contact information, employment history information and education information.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the job postings are configured as a series of generic job listings.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the data is transmitted using a data transmission tool that is a locally stored web application plug-in.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the data is transmitted using a data transmission tool that is a portable web view embedded in a web browser.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the data transmission tool is configured to display data provided by an ad server.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the data is transmitted using a user data transmission procedure that includes extracting an email address from the job posting and forwarding user application information to the email address.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the data is transmitted using a user data transmission procedure that includes using a data transmission tool that conducts an auto-fill of an online job application data entry form.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the data associated with the registered system user is extracted from an uploaded system user resume.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the registered system user is presented with an opportunity to revise the extracted data.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the data associated with the registered system user is transmitted and stored in a centralized user database.

32. The system of claim 21, wherein portable web view control bar includes a component to facilitate additional system user-initiated searches.

33. The system of claim 21, wherein portable web view control bar includes a component to facilitate additional user-initiated searches based on a selected geographical area.

34. The system of claim 21 wherein each generic posted link may be displayed in varying degrees of detail independent from content associated with the host application.

35. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

facilitate a resume transmission process for a selected generic listing independent from content associated with the host application.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein an electronic copy of a resume is submitted to a posting entity.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the electronic copy of the resume is retrieved from a centralized database.

38. The system of claim 21, wherein the portable web view is configured to facilitate job application data submission.

39. The system of claim 21, wherein the portable web view is configured to update data associated with the registered system user.

40. The system of claim 21, wherein displayed content within the portable web view is changed without leaving the third party'"'"'s web site.

41. A processor-implemented method for facilitating data submission comprising:

identifying via a processor a registered system user browsing a third party web site;

displaying a generic data postings as part of a portable web view within the third party web site;

including a control bar as a component of the portable web view;

receiving a portable web view control instruction for manipulating the content displayed within the portable web view;

changing the displayed content within the portable web view based on contextual web browsing without altering the content displayed by the third party web site outside the portable web view; and

transmitting data associated with the registered system user to an entity designated within the displayed content without leaving the third party web site.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein portable web view control bar includes a component to facilitate additional system user-initiated searches.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein portable web view control bar includes a component to facilitate additional user-initiated searches based on a selected geographical area.

44. The method of claim 41 wherein each generic posted link may be displayed in varying degrees of detail independent from content associated with the host application.

45. The method of claim 41, further comprising:

facilitating a resume transmission process for a selected generic listing independent from content associated with the host application.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein an electronic copy of a resume is submitted to a posting entity.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the electronic copy of the resume is retrieved from a centralized database.

48. The method of claim 41, wherein the portable web view is configured to facilitate job application data submission.