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US 5,978,767 AGranted
Method and system for processing career development information
AssigneeElectronic Data Systems Corporation
InventorsSusan L. Chriest, Lynn Z. Baxter
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Abstract
A system (100) for processing career development information is provided which comprises a plurality of career development files (112). Each career development file is associated with at least one other career development file. The system includes a user interface system (120) which receives a user selection of one of the career development files (112) and displays the selected career development file. The system also includes a career library production system (116) with which a curriculum designer can modify one or more of the career development files.
Claims22
A method for processing career development information, comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of skill entries in a plurality of career development tables on a computer system;
- processing a plurality of pointers from at least one relationship table associated with the plurality of career development tables, each pointer defining a relationship between at least two of the career development tables;
- converting the career development tables into a plurality of linked career development pages in response to the processed pointers;
- generating a career development activity page associated with a career development activity;
- displaying on a display device one of the linked career development pages, the displayed career development page including a subset of the plurality of skill entries, the subset being associated with a job family;
- receiving a user input identifying a selected one of the skill entries from the subset;
- and
- displaying on the display device the career development page associated with the selected skill entry, the career development page including a link to the career development activity page.
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A system for processing career development information, comprising
- a plurality of career development tables;
- at relationship table defining at least one relationship between at least two of the plurality of career development tables;
- a converter system operable to convert the plurality of career development tables into a plurality of linked career development pages in response to the at least one relationship defined in the relationship table, the converter system further operable to generate a career development activity page associated with a career development activity;
- a user interface system operable to receive user input identifying a selected one of the career development pages, the user interface system further operable to display on a display device the selected career development page, the selected career development page including a displayed link to the generated career development activity page;
- and
- a career library production system operable to cause a modification of at least one of the career development pages.
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A method for processing career development information in a computer system, comprising the steps of:
- storing information pertaining to a plurality of skills in a plurality of tables on the computer system;
- receiving input from a curriculum designer identifying a change in the plurality of skills;
- modifying at least one of the plurality of tables in accordance with the input from the curriculum designer;
- processing a plurality of pointers, the pointers operable to identify a relationship between at least two of the tables;
- converting the plurality of tables into a plurality of pages;
- generating a career development activity associated the a career development activity;
- linking one of the pages to at least one other page in response to the processed pointers;
- displaying one of the pages, the displayed page having a list of links associated with the plurality of skills, each link operable to display a particular page associated with a particular skill when selected;
- receiving input from a user of the computer system identifying a selected one of the skills, the input being operable to select the link associated with the selected one of the skills;
- and
- displaying on a display device the linked page associated with the selected one of the skills, the linked page including a link to the career development activity page associated with the selected one of the skills.
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A method for processing career development information in a computer system, comprising:
- accessing a plurality of career development entries in a development activity table, each career development entry including a name of a career development activity;
- accessing a plurality of skill entries in a skill table, one of the skill entries associated with the development activity table;
- generating a career development activity page for each career development entry;
- converting the development activity table into a development activity list page for each skill entry, the development activity list page including at least one hypertext link to one of the career development activity pages;
- displaying a specific development activity list page using a web browser;
- receiving an input from a user using the web browser;
- selecting a hypertext link in response to the input;
- and
- navigating between the development activity list page and one of the career development activity pages in response to the selected hypertext link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.