Patent Document ID: 8280823
Application ID: 12726232

Base Claim:
1. A system for using a computer to improve a precision ratio when searching a resume database, comprising: a memory device resident in the computer; and a processor disposed in communication with the memory device, the processor configured to: receive a request to search the resume database; receive search criteria; send a database query to the resume database, the database query including the search criteria; receive a result set in response to the database query, the result set including at least one matching resume; and send the result set in a response to the request, wherein the resume database includes at least one resume, and a parsed resume associated with each resume, wherein each resume includes at least one skill or experience-related phrase, wherein each skill or experience-related phrase has an experience range determined by examining a use of the skill or experience-related phrase in the resume, and a term of experience based on the experience range, wherein the term of experience for each skill or experience-related phrase having multiple occurrences in the resume is a summation of the term of experience, or a portion of the term of experience, for each occurrence of the skill or experience-related phrase associated with a different experience range, wherein each parsed resume includes each said at least one skill or experience-related phrase located in the resume, the term of experience for each said at least one skill or experience-related phrase, and a relationship between the term of experience and each said at least one skill or experience-related phrase, and wherein each matching resume is one of said at least one resume having the parsed resume associated with the matching resume satisfying the search criteria.

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Claim 3:
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor receives the request from a recruitment team that includes at least one recruitment team member.