Machine learning-driven user profile updates for job matching

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Business Methods (G06Q)

Published March 31st, 2026

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

The USPTO granted Patent US12591824B2 to Indeed, Inc. on March 31, 2026. The patent covers a machine learning-driven approach for updating user profile information to match job postings with qualified job seekers. The system identifies missing qualifications in user profiles and prompts job seekers to update their information within job feeds.

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The USPTO granted Patent No. US12591824B2 to Indeed, Inc. for a machine learning-driven system that updates user profiles for job matching purposes. The invention enables a web platform to analyze job postings against user profiles, identify missing qualifications using trained ML models, and present prompts to job seekers asking them to confirm whether they meet specific job qualifications. The system then updates the presentation of job postings based on user responses to indicate qualification status.

This is a routine patent grant announcement with no compliance obligations or deadlines. Technology companies developing job matching platforms should review this patent to understand existing intellectual property in this space. Competitors in the online job board and recruitment technology sector should assess whether their products may overlap with the patented claims to evaluate potential licensing needs.

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Machine learning-driven user profile updates for job matching

Grant US12591824B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

Indeed, Inc.

Inventors

Aaron Pigeon, Madeline Nowicki, Dana Langseth, Andrew Hudson

Abstract

A web platform hosting job postings uses a machine learning-driven approach to update user profile information for matching job postings with qualified job seekers. The web platform determines a job posting to serve to a job seeker device and, using a machine learning model trained to contextually evaluate job seeker user profile information against job postings, determines a high priority job qualification of the job posting that is missing from the user profile information. A representation that the job qualification is missing from the user profile information and a prompt asking whether the job seeker meets the job qualification are output within a job feed that includes information of the job posting. The web platform outputs an updated presentation of the job posting to the job seeker device to indicate, based on input obtained in response to the prompt, whether the job seeker is qualified for the job posting.