Candidate chaser

Abstract

The Candidate Chaser machine and method automatically locates Internet site pages and web postings which contain operator specified keywords or Boolean combinations and then extracts all electronic mail addresses from those pages as well as hyper-linked pages to as many linking levels as selected by the operator and then sends a job opportunity description in the form of an electronic mail message to each of the extracted addresses then receives responses from recipients of the job opportunity message then filters those messages by reading their text and forwards only desired responses to the candidate seeking client's electronic mail address thusly sparing the client interaction with large amounts of irrelevant response while presenting viable candidates for a given job opening. It applies a distinctive and non-obvious method for delivering identical electronic mail messages to a group of targeted potential job candidates sharing a specifically desired single or set of common experiences, interests, capabilities, professional titles or talents relating to the needs of the candidate seeking hiring entity and handling their response.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A system for locating an individual with specifically defined professional qualifications, the system comprising: 
 a. a filter that can search a web page to identify in said web page the presence or absence of specifically defined professional qualifications, and    b. an e-mail address extractor that can extract an e-mail address from said web page.    
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said filter can sort a plurality of web pages and calculate a score for each said web page.  
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 c. means for sending an e-mail to said extracted e-mail address.    
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein said filter generates a score for said web page, and wherein said means for sending e-mail automatically sends an e-mail to said extracted e-mail address if said score for said web page satisfies a predetermined threshold value.  
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein said e-mail comprises data on a job opportunity.  
     
     
         6 . A method for locating an individual with a specifically defined professional qualification, the method comprising: 
 a. locating a web page which contains text identifying said professional qualification;    b. for web pages containing said text identifying said professional qualification, extracting from said web page an e-mail address.    
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 c. sending an e-mail to said extracted e-mail address.    
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein said e-mail comprises data on a job opportunity.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein said e-mail address extracting further comprises extracting e-mail addresses from linked web pages, to as many linking levels as desired.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein said text identifying said professional qualification comprises a keyword or Boolean combination of keywords.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising screening said web pages using advanced natural language screening technology.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said advanced natural language screening technology comprises rules to identify resumes.  
     
     
         13 . A system for locating an individual with a specifically defined professional qualification, the system comprising: 
 a. a web page locator which can locate a web page containing text identifying said professional qualification;    b. an e-mail address extractor.    
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 c. means for sending an e-mail to an extracted e-mail address.    
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein said e-mail comprises data on a job opportunity.  
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein said e-mail address extractor can extract e-mail addresses from linked web pages, to as many linking levels as desired.  
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein said text identifying said professional qualification comprises a keyword or Boolean combination of keywords.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising screening said web pages using advanced natural language screening technology.  
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein said advanced natural language screening technology comprises rules to identify resumes.