Patent ID: 8021163
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating identification of a skilled resource's skill set, comprising: (a) filtering, via a processor, a master set of previously defined skills stored in a known skills database in memory, the filtering including comparing computer files that are correlative to skilled resources and are stored in a documents database in memory, to the master set in order to identify a subset of skills that are potentially applicable to a skilled resource; (b) creating and presenting, via the processor, a query regarding skills actually possessed by the skilled resource, based on the identified subset; (c) receiving, via the processor, a response that designates skills actually possessed by the skilled resource; and (d) incorporating, via the processor, the response into a user skills database stored in memory, wherein the filtering in step (a) is performed by utilizing an automated tool to analyze the computer files, and wherein the automated tool makes a determination regarding authorship of a particular computer file and assesses competency of the skilled resource with respect to a particular skill based on said determination.