Computer-assisted system for interactively brokering goods or services between buyers and sellers
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1. A computer-implemented system for assisting an employer'"'"'s hiring decision from among a pool of candidates, the system comprising:
- a computer,a database stored on said computer containing information, including multimedia information, descriptive of respective ones of said candidates, descriptive information for one of said candidates comprising a plurality of profile vectors, each comprising multiple independently-represented database entries of said database, the entries of each said profile vector being associated with the other entries in said profile vector but independent of entries of other said profile vectors for the same candidate;
a seller interface executed on a computer for enabling said candidates to interactively enter said descriptive information, including said multimedia information and said profile vectors, into said database; and
a buyer interface executed on a computer for;
enabling said employer interactively to specify a description of a desired prospective employee, including specifying desired combinations of the associated entries of said profile vectors,matching said desired employee description against candidate descriptive information stored in said database, the matching using approximate-comparison logic to select, from among said descriptive information, those at least approximately matching said desired employee description, the approximate-comparison logic including "want", "must", and weighted logic requirements;
displaying to said employer a list of summary descriptions of said selected descriptive information, the summary descriptions of said list being rank-ordered according to the closeness of the match to said desired employee profile wherein some entries of said profile do not match said candidate entered descriptive information, andmaking perceptible said multimedia information in response to an interactive selection request from among said rank-ordered list by said employer.
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A computer-implemented system for brokering transactions between sellers and a buyer of goods or services, including a database, a seller interface, and a buyer'"'"'s interface. The database contains information, including multimedia information, descriptive of respective ones of the goods or services. The seller interface enables the sellers to interactively enter information, including multimedia information, into the database. The buyer'"'"'s interface provides a knowledge-based interactive protocol, enabling the buyer to select and review the descriptive information from the database, and makes perceptible the multimedia information in response to an interactive buyer request.
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1. A computer-implemented system for assisting an employer'"'"'s hiring decision from among a pool of candidates, the system comprising:
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a computer, a database stored on said computer containing information, including multimedia information, descriptive of respective ones of said candidates, descriptive information for one of said candidates comprising a plurality of profile vectors, each comprising multiple independently-represented database entries of said database, the entries of each said profile vector being associated with the other entries in said profile vector but independent of entries of other said profile vectors for the same candidate; a seller interface executed on a computer for enabling said candidates to interactively enter said descriptive information, including said multimedia information and said profile vectors, into said database; and a buyer interface executed on a computer for; enabling said employer interactively to specify a description of a desired prospective employee, including specifying desired combinations of the associated entries of said profile vectors, matching said desired employee description against candidate descriptive information stored in said database, the matching using approximate-comparison logic to select, from among said descriptive information, those at least approximately matching said desired employee description, the approximate-comparison logic including "want", "must", and weighted logic requirements; displaying to said employer a list of summary descriptions of said selected descriptive information, the summary descriptions of said list being rank-ordered according to the closeness of the match to said desired employee profile wherein some entries of said profile do not match said candidate entered descriptive information, and making perceptible said multimedia information in response to an interactive selection request from among said rank-ordered list by said employer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for interactively assisting an employer'"'"'s hiring decision from among a pool of available candidates the method comprising the steps of:
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accepting from an employer, an employer profile description of a candidate he wishes to employ; matching said employer profile against candidate profiles stored in said database, said candidate profiles including multimedia information descriptive of respective ones of said candidates, the matching using approximate-comparison logic to select, from among said candidate profiles, those at least approximately matching said employer profile, the approximate-comparison logic including "want", "must", and weighted logic requirements; displaying to said employer a list of summary descriptions of said selected candidate profiles, the summary descriptions of said list being rank-ordered according to the closeness of the match to said employer profile wherein some entries of said employer profile do not match said candidate; accepting from said employer choices from among said displayed summary candidate profiles; and making perceptible to said employer said multimedia information associated with said employer choices of candidate profiles. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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Current AssigneeVerified Hiring, LLC (Brian Yates), Bruce R. Culver, Management Process Integrators, Inc.
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Original AssigneeEagleView, Inc.
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InventorsSalmon, Bardwell C., Borgman, John D., Holtey, Thomas O.
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Primary Examiner(s)Weinhardt, Robert A.
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Application NumberUS08/212,349Time in Patent Office1,033 DaysField of Search364/401, 364/402, 364/403, 364/407, 364/419.19, 364/408US Class Current705/321CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiringG06Q 20/12 specially adapted for elect...G06Q 20/18 involving self-service term...G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
