Patent Document ID: 20020111958
Application ID: 10121247
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A resumé storage and retrieval system comprising: a server including a memory, and a database defined in the memory; an applicant's client machine in selective communication with the server, the server communicating to the applicant's client machine a resumé outline form to be completed by an applicant, the form having a plurality of fields relevant to employment, using which typical information found on a resumé is summarized by an applicant, the applicant's client machine selectively transmitting to the server summary information defined by at least completed fields of the form, as well as a graphics file of a resumé including formatting, font, and pictorial information of a type contained in a traditional paper resumé, the server receiving and storing in the database the graphics file as well as an entry defined by the summary information from the form for the filled in fields, the server associating the summary information entry with the graphics file submitted by the applicant's client machine; and an employer's client machine in selective communication with the server, the employer's client machine selectively providing a search request to the server and initiating a search of the summary information in the database by defining search parameters by indicating which fields are to be searched for which keywords, the server upon completing the search communicating to the employer's client machine an amount of the summary information for entries that satisfy the search parameters, and querying the employer's client machine as to whether to present graphics files of resumés associated with the entries that satisfy the search parameters.