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(12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,543,515 B2 McGovern et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 24, 2013
(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL 5,681,046 A 10/1997 Lawrence RECRUITING 5,754,939 A 5/1998 HerZ et al.
5,832,497 A 11/1998 Taylor (75) Inventors: Robert McGovern, Chevy Chase, MD i Rigger et al't 31
(US); Richard Ellinger, Great Falls, VA 59659 51 A 10,1999 Qfm?zem e ' (Us); Matthew HagoPian, MGM/an’ VA 6,049,776 A 4/2000 Donnelly 61:11. (U$);J0I1athan Krosschell, Vlenna, VA 6,052,122 A 4/2000 Sutcliffe 61:11. (US); Margaret Padalino, Herndon, VA 6,115,709 A 9/2000 Gilmour et al. (US) 6,126,448 A 10/2000 H0 et al.
6,144,964 A 11/2000 Breese et al. (73) Assignee: Career Management Solutions, LLC, 6,154,753 A 11/2000 McFarland
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( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis 6,275,812 B1 55/2001 Haq et a1~ patent is extended or adjusted under 35 6,289,340 B1 9/2001 Pumm et a1~
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Us 2012/0330822 A1 Dec. 27, 2012 OTHER PUBLICATIONS
R l d U s A l_ _ D K&L Gates LLP, Dec. 21, 2009 Regarding U.S. Published Applica 6 ate ' ' PP ‘canon am tion N0. 20090228297.
(60) ggoéigilolnal application No. 61/446,813, ?led on Feb. (Continued)
(51) lGnott'sgl'lo/oo (2012 01) Primary Examiner * Samica L Norman (52) us CL (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Pepper Hamilton LLP
USPC ........................................... .. 705/321; 705/10
(58) Field of Classi?cation Search USPC .................................................. .. 705/321, 10 (57) ABSTRACT
See apphcanon ?le for Complete Search hlstory' A system for social recruiting including an employment sys (56) References Cited tern server including a user database, Where the user database
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,164,897 A 11/1992 Clark et a1. 5,224,173 A 6/1993 Kuhns et al. 5,416,694 A 5/1995 Parish et al. 5,592,375 A 1/1997 Salmon et al.
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