Network based document distribution method
AssigneeTarget Training International Performance Systems
InventorsBill J. Bonnstetter, David R. Bonnstetter, Rodney Cox
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Abstract
A method of distributing documents includes the step of displaying the documents on a web site. Responses to the documents are accepted on the web site. After the responses have been accepted, they are processed into a report and the report is returned to an interested party. It is to be understood that the surveys or other forms to be completed by users could be filled out on paper manually and the results could then be entered into a computer and sent to the web site. The reports could be electronically transmitted, and/or hard copies sent via mail, overnight, or through other modes.
Claims11
A method for managing distribution of assessment documents over a wide area comprising:
- (a) providing an assessment instrument for completion by respondents;
- (b) assigning a password for an entity having a level of rights;
- (c) initializing permissions relative to the password based on the level of rights for the entity, said permissions including at least one respondent password having permissions based on the level of rights for a respondent;
- (d) allowing the entity access to a web site on a global computer network and enabling the initialized permissions for the entity;
- (e) providing an assessment instrument to the respondent which gauges an individual potential employee's suitability with regards to a particular job, an individual existing employee's suitability or performance with regards to a particular job, or an individual boss's performance with regards to a particular job;
- (f) receiving responses from the respondent to the assessment instrument;
- (g) processing the responses into an assessment report;
- (h) sending the assessment report to one or more locations authorized by the permissions.
A system for managing assessments comprising:
- (a) a plurality of terminals each adapted to access a wide area network;
- (b) a central server;
- (c) software associated with the central server which administers a web site and which provides permissions;
- (d) a password having a set of permissions correlated to a respondent for an assessment survey which gauges an individual potential employee's suitability with regards to a particular job, an individual existing employee's suitability or performance, with regards to a particular job, or an individual boss's performance with regards to a particular job;
- (e) a password having a set of permissions correlated to an entity interested in the respondent's responses to the assessment survey specifics.
A method of evaluation or assessment of persons, jobs, or employees comprising:
- (a) assigning a password for a respondent;
- (b) initializing a set of permissions relative to the password;
- (c) providing an assessment instrument which gauges an individual potential employee's suitability with regards to a particular job, an individual existing employee's suitability or performance with regards to a particular job, or an individual boss's performance with regards to a particular job to a respondent after verification of password;
- (d) receiving responses from the respondent to the assessment instrument;
- (e) processing the responses into an assessment report;
- (f) sending the assessment report to one or more locations authorized by the set of permissions associated with the password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.