IP Library Granted Patent US 8,639,633
Granted Patent B2
US 8,639,633 · App. 13/117,728 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Attribute scoring system and methods

Inventor: Theodor Schneider (Delaware, OH)
Assignee: Oracle Taleo LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,639,633
App. No.
13/117,728
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for collecting data from one or more scoring candidates, storing such data in a database, and transforming such data using various techniques and software modules to generate a personal tracking and development score that determines an individual's proficiency for skills that are mapped to a job profile are depicted. Users may be ranked or compared against each other with similar units of measure. An attribute score may be used as a benefit for career development similar to the benefit a credit score may provide in assessing a user's financial records.

Claims (43)

1. A computer system for characterizing job applicant data, the computer system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processor in communication with the memory device, wherein the memory device comprises instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

define a range for an attribute score;

define a profile comprising a maximum number of attributes;

calculate the attribute score for a user based on a number of satisfied attributes out of the maximum number of attributes, wherein the attribute score is calculated as a difference of a maximum range value and a minimum range value divided by the maximum number of attributes times the number of satisfied attributes, plus the minimum range value;

compare the attribute score to a threshold score to determine a level of correlation between the user and the profile.

2. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the each of the attributes is weighted.

3. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the attribute is a skill.

4. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the attribute is a goal.

5. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the attribute is a development plan score.

6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the attribute is proficiency for a job.

7. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the attribute is a talent score, the talent score based on at least one of a skill, a goal, a development plan, and proficiency for a job.

8. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor further cause the processor to:

present a user interface to a prospective job applicant; receive input from the prospective job applicant; and use the input as a basis for calculating the attribute score.

9. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor further cause the processor to:

present a user interface to an administrator seeking a prospective employee;

receive input from the administrator, the input defining the attributes;

use the input from the administrator as a basis of defining the profile.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for performing a method of quantifying a user's correlation to a suggested profile, the method comprising:

defining a range for an attribute score;

defining a profile comprising a maximum number of attributes;

calculating the attribute score for a user based on a number of satisfied attributes out of the maximum number of attributes, wherein the attribute score is calculated as a difference of a maximum range value and a minimum range value divided by the maximum number of attributes times the number of satisfied attributes, plus the minimum range value;

comparing the attribute score to a threshold score to determine a level of correlation between the user and the profile.

11. A method of quantifying a user's correlation to a suggested profile, the method comprising:

defining, by a computer system, a range for an attribute score;

defining, by the computer system, a profile comprising a maximum number of attributes;

calculating, by the computer system, the attribute score for a user based on a number of satisfied attributes out of the maximum number of attributes, wherein the attribute score is calculated as a difference of a maximum range value and a minimum range value divided by the maximum number of attributes times the number of satisfied attributes, plus the minimum range value;

comparing, by the computer system, the attribute score to a threshold score to determine a level of correlation between the user and the profile.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the each of the attributes is weighted.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the attribute is a skill.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the attribute is a goal.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the attribute is a development plan score.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the attribute is proficiency for a job.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the attribute is a talent score, the talent score based on at least one of a skill, a goal, a development plan, and proficiency for a job.

18. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

presenting, by the computer system, a user interface to a prospective job applicant;

receiving, by the computer system, input from the prospective job applicant; and

using, by the computer system, the input as a basis for calculating the attribute score.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

presenting, by the computer system, a user interface to an administrator seeking a prospective employee;

receiving, by the computer system, input from the administrator, the input defining the attributes;

using, by the computer system, the input from the administrator as a basis of defining the profile.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2012
From: TALEO CORPORATION
To: ORACLE TALEO LLC
Reel/Frame 029007/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2012
From: SCHNEIDER, THEODOR
To: TALEO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028978/0692 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61349457 · May 28, 2010
Related Publication 20130031015A1 · Jan 31, 2013