Applicant screening

• US 9,705,863 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Transunion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc. (TransUnion Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Transunion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc. (TransUnion Corporation)
• Inventors: Mauseth, Michael John, Britti, Michael A., Springer, Joel R., Thornley, Robert D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Armouche, Hadi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khan, Sher A
• Application Number:
  US14/177,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20140157375A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

A method comprising receiving by a screening service, an applicant profile that identifies an applicant and an authorization to provide access to screening results generated by the screening service based on the applicant profile to a screener, associating, using a computer, an identifier with the screening results, and communicating the identifier to the screener.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving by a screening service, an applicant profile that identifies an applicant and an authorization, from the applicant, to provide access to screening results generated by the screening service based on the applicant profile to a screener;

associating, using a computer, an identifier with the screening results of the applicant generated by the screening service based on the applicant profile;

notifying, by the screening service, the screener that the screening results are available for the applicant by communicating the identifier to the screener;

receiving, by the screening service, a request from the screener to view the screening results, the request including the communicated identifier;

authenticating the screener by the screening service based on the received identifier; and

displaying the screening results to the screener by the screening service responsive to authenticating the screener.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the applicant profile is submitted by the applicant.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the screening results are retrieved using the identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating the identifier to the applicant, wherein the applicant can access the screening results using the identifier.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising authenticating an identity of the applicant prior to communicating the identifier to the applicant.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating an identity of the applicant prior to generating the screening results.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the screening results based on a screening selection by the applicant.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions comprising:

receiving, at a screening service, an applicant profile that identifies an applicant and an authorization, from the applicant, to provide access to screening results generated based on the applicant profile to a screener;

associating, by the screening service, an identifier with the screening results of the applicant generated by the screening service based on the applicant profile;

notifying, by the screening service, the screener that the screening results are available for the applicant by communicating the identifier to the screener;

receiving, by the screening service, a request from the screener to view the screening results, the request including the communicated identifier;

authenticating the screener by the screening service based on the received identifier; and

displaying the screening results to the screener by the screening service responsive to authenticating screener.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise communicating the identifier to the screener in response to receiving the authorization.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise sending a communication to the applicant in response to generating the screening results.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein receiving the applicant profile further comprises receiving a screening selection from a plurality of screening selections presented to the applicant.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise generating the identifier by the screening service.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise communicating the identifier to the applicant.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise authenticating an identity of the applicant before generating the screening results.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

a screening service stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors to;

receive an applicant profile that identifies an applicant and an authorization, from the applicant, to provide access to screening results generated by the screening service based on the applicant profile to a screener;

generate the screening results based on the applicant profile;

associate an identifier with the generated screening results of the applicant;

send a communication to a screener, the communication including the identifier and indicating the screening results are available for the applicant;

receive a request from the screener to view the screening results, the request including the communicated identifier;

authenticate the screener based on the received identifier; and

display the screening results to the screener responsive to authenticating the screener.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the received request includes a screening selection from a plurality of screening selections identified by the screener.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the screening service is further configured to authenticate the applicant before generating the screening results.

18. The system of claim 15, further comprising authenticating the applicant before sending the communication to the screener.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the screener retrieves the screening results using the identifier.