Patents by Inventor Robert J. McGovern

Robert J. McGovern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140180948
    Abstract: A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes generating a score for each of a plurality of possible results compared to information associated with a user, enabling the user to access a result of the plurality of possible results if the score generated for the result meets a threshold condition, enabling the user to adjust the threshold condition and preventing the user from adjusting the threshold condition beyond a minimum threshold condition. The score can be a bi-directional matching score. The minimum threshold condition can include a minimum score. The minimum score can be determined based on the percentage of the plurality of possible results that would be accessible to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Career Management Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, Brian Farmer, Leslie Ferry, Erik Anderson, Pamela Koczara, Brent Smith
  • Publication number: 20140067596
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for recommending products and services are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a recommendation engine configured to determine salable items purchased by a consumer, the salable items including salable items purchased from a plurality of merchants and from a plurality of salable item categories and receive a rating from the consumer for each of the purchased salable items. The recommendation engine is also configured to determine cohort consumers from among consumers by selecting consumers who have purchased at least some of the salable items and rated those salable items similar to the ratings provided by the consumer. The recommendation engine determines salable items to recommend for each salable item category by determining recommendable salable items from direct and/or inferential matching based on other salable items purchased by the cohort consumers. The recommendation engine transmits information associated with at least some of the recommendable salable items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Cobrain Company
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, John William Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8620829
    Abstract: A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes generating a score for each of a plurality of possible results compared to information associated with a user, enabling the user to access a result of the plurality of possible results if the score generated for the result meets a threshold condition, enabling the user to adjust the threshold condition and preventing the user from adjusting the threshold condition beyond a minimum threshold condition. The score can be a bi-directional matching score. The minimum threshold condition can include a minimum score. The minimum score can be determined based on the percentage of the plurality of possible results that would be accessible to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Career Management Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, Brian Farmer, Leslie Ferry, Erik Anderson, Pam Koczara, Brent Smith
  • Patent number: 7945522
    Abstract: A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes generating a score for each of a plurality of possible results compared to information associated with a user, enabling the user to access a result of the plurality of possible results if the score generated for the result meets a threshold condition, enabling the user to adjust the threshold condition and preventing the user from adjusting the threshold condition beyond a minimum threshold condition. The score can be a bi-directional matching score. The minimum threshold condition can include a minimum score. The minimum score can be determined based on the percentage of the plurality of possible results that would be accessible to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Jobfox, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, Brian Farmer, Leslie Ferry, Erik Anderson, Pam Koczara, Brent Smith
  • Patent number: 7805382
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a match-based employment system and method of operation are provided. The match-based employment system collects a plurality of employer seeker and employee seeker profiles, bi-directionally matches the employer seeker and said employee seeker profiles and displays at least a portion of the results to an employer seeker or an employee seeker. The match-based employment system can also order the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score and display the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering. The match-based employment system can also perform the matching such that approximately 70% of a matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: MKT10, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Rosen, Robert J. McGovern, Leslie Ferry, Erik Anderson, Pam Koczara, Brent Smith, Brian Farmer, Andrew Evans
  • Publication number: 20020120532
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an interactive computer-driven employment recruiting service. The method and apparatus enables an employer to advertise available positions on the Internet, directly receive resumes from prospective candidates, and efficiently organize and screen the received resumes. The method and apparatus further is capable of monitoring employment advertisements for a job seeker and automatically notifying the job seeker when a position for which the job seeker is suitable becomes available. The method and apparatus further enables a plurality of companies to advertise job positions at a single location accessible via the Internet by a job seeker, and enables the job seeker to communicate directly with a company via the Internet if the job seeker is interested in exploring further information pertaining to an available position at that company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, James A. Winchester, Andrew B. Evans, Brian E. Farmer, Jennie A. Koffman, Aaron P. Walker
  • Patent number: 6370510
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an interactive computer-driven employment recruiting service. The method and apparatus enables an employer to advertise available positions on the Internet, directly receive resumes from prospective candidates, and efficiently organize and screen the received resumes. The method and apparatus further is capable of monitoring employment advertisements for a job seeker and automatically notifying the job seeker when a position for which the job seeker is suitable becomes available. The method and apparatus further enables a plurality of companies to advertise job positions at a single location accessible via the Internet by a job seeker, and enables the job seeker to communicate directly with a company via the Internet if the job seeker is interested in exploring further information pertaining to an available position at that company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: CareerBuilder, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, James A. Winchester, Jr., Andrew B. Evans, Brian E. Farmer, Jennie A. Koffman, Aaron P. Walker
  • Patent number: 5978768
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an interactive computer-driven employment recruiting service. The method and apparatus enables an employer to advertise available positions on the Internet, directly receive resumes from prospective candidates, and efficiently organize and screen the received resumes. The method and apparatus further is capable of monitoring employment advertisements for a job seeker and automatically notifying the job seeker when a position for which the job seeker is suitable becomes available. The method and apparatus further enables a plurality of companies to advertise job positions at a single location accessible via the Internet by a job seeker, and enables the job seeker to communicate directly with a company via the Internet if the job seeker is interested in exploring further information pertaining to an available position at that company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, James A. Winchester, Jr., Andrew B. Evans, Brian E. Farmer, Jennie A. Koffman, Aaron P. Walker