US 12,136,136 B2
System and method for achieving candidate diversity in a candidate application system
Michael Aldworth, Guelph (CA); Jeffrey Glassford, Kitchener (CA); Wayne Edward Jason Hesch, Waterloo (CA); Darren Mackenzie O'Shea, Kitchener (CA); Marc Andrew Provencher, Guelph (CA); Shawn Maurice Robinson, Cambridge (CA); Alisha Sanghera, Burlington (CA); Kevin Michael Schneider, Wyoming (CA); Tudor Alexander Whiteley, Puslinch (CA); and Michael Arman Williamson, Guelph (CA)
Assigned to OCAS
Filed by OCAS, Guelph (CA)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/493,761.
Application 18/493,761 is a continuation of application No. 16/286,676, filed on Feb. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,830,096.
Prior Publication US 2024/0054591 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/20 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 50/2053 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of managing diversity of international student admission by limiting at least one admission application from at least one agent of at least one admission applicant, the method comprising:
providing an application management system, the application management system comprising a processor operable via a set of instructions storable in relation to a non-transient memory device, the application management system in communication with two or more educational institutions, wherein the processor running a throttling service engine;
receiving, by the throttling service engine of the application management system and from at least one educational institution, at least one throttling criterion comprising at least one of: a geographic area, an applicant age, an applicant nationality, an applicant ethnicity, an applicant gender, an applicant religion, an applicant language proficiency, an applicant work experience, at least one applicant grade, an agency identity, an agency quality metric, and a mathematical value comparison, and a logical value comparison;
creating, by the application management system and based on the at least one throttling criterion, a specified earliest start time for activating the rule window, and a specified latest stop time as the stop time for deactivating the rule window, a Student Entrance Application rule window using a rule window algorithm for at least one educational institution, wherein the rule window algorithm determines a start time and a stop time for receiving an application, the rule window algorithm dynamically adjusting at least one of the start time and the stop time as a function of:
at least one admission factor, and
a predictive element based on a rate of change of the at least one admission factor, the at least one admission factor comprising at least one of: an overall number of admission applicants, a number of spaces remaining in an educational program, a rate at which the at least one admission applicant is applying, an academic quality of the at least one admission applicant, and a change to the educational program, wherein the earliest start time for activating the rule window further comprises incorporating visa-processing time for the student from the geographic area of the agent;
receiving, from the at least one agent and by the system, the at least one admission application during the rule window, wherein the when the at least one criterion is met, processing the at least one admission application, and when the at least one criterion is not met, rejecting the at least one admission application; and
sending, by the application management system, an acceptance notice or rejection notice of the at least one admission application;
wherein the application management system is configured to close enrollment from a particular geographic area or region if a certain threshold is reached.