US 11,783,296 B2
Method and system for identifying, tracking, and compensating individuals in job referral chain
Vinayak Ranade, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to GARUDA LABS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Vinayak Ranade, Somerville, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,324.
Application 17/166,324 is a continuation of application No. 14/707,819, filed on May 8, 2015, granted, now 10,943,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/990,817, filed on May 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0158297 A1, May 27, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 10/105 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/105 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for organizing a job referral database comprising:
organizing in a database, by a processor, company information, job information, candidate information, and tracking elements that contain information related to referral criteria;
calculating, by the processor, based on a distance function of at least two dimensions from the database, candidate match scores;
identifying, by the processor from within the database, a seed population of candidates from a plurality of candidates based on the job information, candidate match scores, and referrer quality data;
collecting information from one or more candidates of the seed population;
tracking, in the database, by the processor, a referrer quality of each candidate through a multi-dimensional analysis of each candidate's ability to serve as a referrer, the multi-dimensional analysis including, for each respective candidate, scoring the respective candidate according to a number of prior job referrals and respective outcomes of each of the prior job referrals and processing the information collected from the one or more candidates;
notifying, by the processor, the modified seed population of candidates of the job opening via a plurality of trackable electronic notification messages, wherein each of the plurality of trackable electronic notification messages identify specific candidates in the modified seed population of candidates and wherein each of the plurality of trackable electronic notification messages includes a tracking element incorporating a unique identifier associated with the job opening and the specific candidate, the notifying including, for each candidate from the modified seed population of candidates, generating a tracking pixel as the tracking element, the generating including:
forming a concatenation of an identifier of the candidate, at least a portion of the company information, and at least a portion of the job information from the database; and
assigning a referral limit to the tracking pixel, the referral limit specifying a number of modifications to the tracking pixel after which the tracking pixel is no longer eligible for modification;
forming within the database, by the processor, a chain of referrals including a plurality of candidates numbering less than or equal to the referral limit;
receiving, by the processor, a job application from an end candidate in the chain of referrals wherein the job application includes a particular trackable electronic notification message of the plurality of trackable electronic notification messages;
receiving, by the processor, a notification that the end candidate has been hired; and
causing, by the processor, rewarding of the plurality of candidates in the chain of referrals corresponding to the hired end candidate and the particular trackable electronic notification message.