Patent ID: 7698146
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: creating, via a computer processor, for each of a plurality of resources, a hierarchical resource profile having at least three tiers and comprising at least resource skills, industry, and experience; wherein, for each of the plurality of resources, the at least three tiers of the hierarchical resource profile comprise a first tier, a second tier, and a third tier, the first tier categorizing the hierarchical resource profile, the second tier categorizing the hierarchical resource profile within the first tier, and the third tier categorizing the hierarchical resource profile within the second tier; collecting, for each of the plurality of resources, resource rate information identifying at least compensation information and information regarding a source of the compensation information; assigning, for each of the plurality of resources, an integrity factor to the source of the resource rate information; associating, for each of the plurality of resources, said resource rate information and the integrity factor with the hierarchical resource profile to create a resource record; storing, for each of the plurality of resources, in a computer-readable medium, said resource record; wherein the storing step includes storing, for each of the plurality of resources, the hierarchical resource profile in a hierarchical and relational structure according to the at least three tiers; and performing, via the computer processor, a weighted statistical analysis of wage information associated with at least one of the plurality of resource records based, at least in part, on: