Patents by Inventor Scott C. Thornburg

Scott C. Thornburg 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).

  • Patent number: 8788357
    Abstract: A method includes configuring a human-capital-management (HCM) master taxonomy and a HCM language library. The HCM master taxonomy includes a plurality of levels that range from more general to more specific, each level of the plurality of levels comprising a plurality of nodes. The plurality of levels include a job-species level and a job-family level, the job-species level including a level of greatest specificity in the plurality of levels, the job-family level including a level of specificity immediately above the job-species level. In addition, the method includes transforming human-capital information via the HCM language library. Further, the method includes classifying the transformed human-capital information into a job-family node selected from the plurality of nodes at the job-family level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Iqnavigator, Inc.
    Inventors: Wyatt Wasicek, Scott C. Thornburg, Andrew A. Cullen, III
  • Publication number: 20110055041
    Abstract: A method includes configuring a labor pool, the labor pool including a plurality of human resources in a first workforce sector. In addition, the method includes configuring a plurality of business entities operating in a second workforce sector that is distinct from the first workforce sector. The configuration of a plurality of business entities includes storing job-opening information for a plurality of job openings. Further, the method includes normalizing the labor pool to a human-capital management (HCM) taxonomy. Additionally, the method includes normalizing the plurality of job openings to the HCM taxonomy. The method also includes facilitating a redeployment of at least one human resource in the normalized labor pool from the first workforce sector to the second workforce sector. The facilitating includes matching the at least one human resource to at least one job opening in the normalized plurality of job openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Steven A. Shaw, Wyatt Wasicek, Scott C. Thornburg, Andrew A. Cullen
  • Publication number: 20110040695
    Abstract: A method includes configuring a human-capital-management (HCM) master taxonomy and a HCM language library. The HCM master taxonomy includes a plurality of levels that range from more general to more specific, each level of the plurality of levels comprising a plurality of nodes. The plurality of levels include a job-species level and a job-family level, the job-species level including a level of greatest specificity in the plurality of levels, the job-family level including a level of specificity immediately above the job-species level. In addition, the method includes transforming human-capital information via the HCM language library. Further, the method includes classifying the transformed human-capital information into a job-family node selected from the plurality of nodes at the job-family level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Wyatt Wasicek, Scott C. Thornburg, Andrew A. Cullen, III