Patent ID: 8364702

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive an application including applicant identifier information identifying an applicant; extract the applicant identifier information from the received application; create a query to a database including the extracted applicant identifier information; send the created query to a database system using a network, wherein the database system stores data associated with the extracted applicant identifier information; receive a response to the sent query from the database system using the network, the response including data associated with the applicant's qualification to perform a task; and determine if the applicant is qualified to perform the task by comparing the data associated with the applicant's qualification to an overall predetermined qualification criterion, wherein the comparison includes calculating a score based on the value associated with at least one data item of the plurality of data items included in the data.