Abstract: A data mining system extracts job opening information and derives, for a given job, relevant competencies and derives, for a given candidate, relevant competencies, for the candidate. In some embodiments, the data mining performs authentication of relevant competencies before performing matching. The matching outputs can be used to provide data to a candidate indicating possible future competencies to obtain, to provide data to a teaching organization indicating possible future competencies to cover in their coursework, and to provide data to employers related to what those teaching organizations are covering.

Abstract: A system and method of implementing a distributed recording capability may be employed to allocate tuner resources among connected recorder devices, including digital video recorder (DVR) devices. In accordance with one aspect, a server may receive a request to record a multimedia broadcast from a user. The server may search a network for a recorder device having an available tuner from among a plurality of recorder devices connected to the network using predetermined search criteria. The server may transmit a command over the network to the identified recorder device to record the requested multimedia broadcast. The identified recorder device may automatically transfer the recorded multimedia broadcast over the network to a user-associated recorder device.