Method and system for referral tracking

US9727827B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Jobvite, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Adam Hyder · Los Altos, US
• Syed Mohammed Ali · Sunnyvale, US
• Varun Aggarwal · Sindhar, IN
• Changsheng Chen · Santa Clara, US
• Kam Wing Chu · Burlingame, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 24, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2017
• Expiry date: May 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for identifying a source of a job referral, the method including identifying a URL that the job applicant uses to access a web page with functionality to enable the job applicant to apply for the first job, identifying a first job message record using the URL, obtaining an original job message record for an original job message using the first job message record, determining a first sender of the original job message from the original job message record, determining that a second job message was sent to the job applicant for a second job at the company by a second sender, wherein the second job message was sent to the job applicant before the first job message and wherein the second job message was sent to the job applicant within a look-back period, and identifying the second sender as the source of the referral for the first job.