Patent ID: 11966429
Assignee: ON TIME STAFFING INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
a) at a system server, receiving first contribution data identifying a first individual identifier and a first contribution made to a first third-party forum;
b) at the system server, receiving second contribution data identifying the first individual identifier and a second contribution to a second third-party forum, wherein the first third-party forum and the second third-party forum do not share forum data;
c) verifying an authorship of the first contribution and the second contribution, wherein verifying the authorship comprises receiving additional input associated with the first individual identifier, wherein the additional input is received in response to a question sent to a system application operating on an individual's device;
d) at the system server, identifying that a contribution skill is relevant to both the first contribution data and the second contribution data;
e) at the system server, establishing within forum data:
i) a first contribution association between a first contribution data entity containing the first contribution data and the first individual identifier;
ii) a second contribution association between a second contribution data entity containing the second contribution data and the first individual identifier,
iii) a first skill association between the first contribution data entity and the contribution skill thereby establishing a first association path between the first individual identifier and the contribution skill, and
iv) a second skill association between the second contribution data entity and the contribution skill thereby establishing a second association path between the first individual identifier and the contribution skill;

f) at the system server, establishing within the forum data for the first individual identifier a first point association between a contribution point value identified for the first contribution or the second contribution and the first individual identifier, wherein the contribution point value is identified based on textual analysis of the first contribution data or the second contribution data;
g) at a search server, receiving a query from a search device that identifies the contribution skill;
h) at the search server, identifying a plurality of individual identifiers in response to the query including the first individual identifier;
i) at the search server, sorting the plurality of individual identifiers based on a strength of association between the plurality of individual identifiers and the contribution skill, wherein the first and second association paths between the first individual identifier to the contribution skill increases the strength of association for the first individual identifier;
j) at the search server, returning search results reflecting the sorted plurality of individual identifiers to the search device.