Digital credential system for employer-based skills analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11042885-B2
Application number	US-201816123910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2018
Priority date	Sep 15, 2017
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

Techniques relate to managing digital credentials. An employee records database is accessed to identify a plurality of employees. Within the plurality of employees, a first set of employees is identified. For each employee in the first set of employees, a server computer hosting a digital credential repository is accessed to identify a plurality of digital credentials associated with the employee. The plurality of digital credentials of each employee in the first set of employees are analyzed to generate a statistical analysis of the plurality of digital credentials. With the statistical analysis complete, data identifying the statistical analysis is transmitted to a user device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a detection system including a plurality of sensors configured to detect employee activity within a physical environment, the detection system being configured to:
detect, using the plurality of sensors, a plurality of employee activities performed by an employee within the physical environment, and
transmit a set of sensor data corresponding to the plurality of employee activities performed within the physical environment to one or more digital skill proficiency badge generators;

a digital skill proficiency badge generator configured to:
determine that the employee is eligible to receive a first digital skill proficiency badge based on the plurality of employee activities performed within the physical environment;
store a first digital skill proficiency badge associated with the employee in a digital skill proficiency badge repository;

a processing unit comprising one or more processors operated by an employer;
one or more network interfaces; and
memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to:
access an employee records database to identify a plurality of employees;
identify a first set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the first set of employees belong to a single department within the employer;
for each employee in the first set of employees, access a server computer hosting the digital skill proficiency badge repository to identify a plurality of digital skill proficiency badges associated with the employee;
analyze the plurality of digital skill proficiency badges of each employee in the first set of employees to generate a statistical analysis of the plurality of digital skill proficiency badges by:
determining an age of a digital skill proficiency badge associated with each employee in the first set of employees,
determining, for each digital skill proficiency badge associated with each employee, a badge strength value by applying a degradation function against the digital skill proficiency badge based on the age of the digital skill proficiency badge,
encoding an indicator of the badge strength value into the statistical analysis, and
determining a percentage of employees in the first set of employees that are associated with a first digital skill proficiency badge;

encode the statistical analysis into a user interface, wherein the statistical analysis includes the indicator of the badge strength value;
transmit the user interface including the statistical analysis to a user device;
identify a second set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the second set of employees is associated with a second digital skill proficiency badge;
determine a first average salary of the employees in the second set of employees;
identify a third set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the second set of employees is not associated with the second digital skill proficiency badge;
determine a second average salary of the employees in the third set of employees;
determine a second statistical analysis by comparing the first average salary to the second average salary; and
transmit second data identifying the second statistical analysis to the user device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to:
identify a fourth set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the fourth set of employees is associated with a third digital skill proficiency badge;
access a database storing human resources data to determine an average review score for the employees in the fourth set of employees;
determine a third statistical analysis based upon the average review score; and
transmit third data identifying the third statistical analysis to the user device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first set of employees in the plurality of employees includes identifying the first set of employees, wherein each employee in the first set of employees belong to a single collaborative team.

4. A method, comprising:
detecting, using a plurality of sensors in a physical environment, a plurality of employee activities performed by an employee within the physical environment;
determining that an employee is eligible to receive a first digital skill proficiency badge based on the plurality of employee activities performed within the physical environment;
storing a first digital skill proficiency badge associated with the employee in a digital skill proficiency badge repository;
accessing an employee records database to identify a plurality of employees;
identifying a first set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the first set of employees belong to a single department within the employer;
for each employee in the first set of employees, accessing a server computer hosting the digital skill proficiency badge repository to identify a plurality of digital skill proficiency badges associated with the employee;
analyzing the plurality of digital skill proficiency badges of each employee in the first set of employees to generate a statistical analysis of the plurality of digital skill proficiency badges by:
determining an age of a digital skill proficiency badge associated with each employee in the first set of employees,
determining, for each digital skill proficiency badge associated with each employee, a badge strength value by applying a degradation function against the digital skill proficiency badge based on the age of the digital skill proficiency badge,
encoding an indicator of the badge strength value into the statistical analysis, and
determining a percentage of employees in the first set of employees that are associated with a first digital skill proficiency badge;

encoding the statistical analysis into a user interface, wherein the statistical analysis includes the indicator of the badge strength value; and
transmitting the user interface including the statistical analysis to a user device;
identifying a second set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the second set of employees is associated with a second digital skill proficiency badge;
determining a first average salary of the employees in the second set of employees;
identifying a third set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the second set of employees is not associated with the second digital skill proficiency badge;
determining a second average salary of the employees in the third set of employees;
determining a second statistical analysis by comparing the first average salary to the second average salary; and
transmitting second data identifying the second statistical analysis to the user device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
identifying a fourth set of employees in the plurality of employees, wherein each employee in the fourth set of employees is associated with a third digital skill proficiency badge;
accessing a database storing human resources data to determine an average review score for the employees in the fourth set of employees;
determining a third statistical analysis based upon the average review score; and
transmitting third data identifying the third statistical analysis to the user device.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein identifying the first set of employees in the plurality of employees includes identifying the first set of employees, wherein each employee in the first set of employees belong to a single collaborative team.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored therein, wh

Assignees

• Pearson Education Inc

Inventors

• Mercury Mark
• Schmidt Jarin
• Porter E Clarke
• Pascale Peter
• Stockinger Andrew
• Lancaster Jr Ronald D

Classifications

• H04L67/535

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  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title