Skill Proficiency Modeling With LLMs for Role-Specific Assessment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing skill proficiency frameworks are limited in scope, outdated, and lack role-specific recommendations, leading to inaccuracies in assessing and comparing skill levels across different teams or industries, and struggle to keep pace with rapid job market changes.

Innovation Solution

A comprehensive, up-to-date, and role-specific skill proficiency modeling framework using large-scale occupation data and large language models (LLMs) to generate detailed skill proficiency descriptions and occupation-specific models, with data validation and standardization to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If existing skill proficiency frameworks are used, then implementation is simple, but they are limited in scope, outdated, and lack role-specific recommendations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescope and relevance of skill proficiency frameworkVSAvoidcomplexity of framework structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the skill proficiency framework into occupation-specific models, each tailored to particular roles and industries. This segmentation allows the system to provide role-specific recommendations while maintaining overall framework manageability through modular organization of occupation data, skill taxonomies, and proficiency descriptors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The framework employs dynamic large language models that can adapt and update skill proficiency descriptions in real-time based on current occupation data. This dynamic capability allows the system to stay current with rapid job market changes while using AI-powered natural language processing to maintain usability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive occupation data is processed, then accuracy of skill proficiency assessments is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of skill proficiency assessmentVSAvoidtime for data processing
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary processing of occupation data by pre-processing text data to extract relevant features and characteristics before main analysis. This preliminary action includes identifying key skills, proficiency levels, and occupation attributes in advance, which accelerates subsequent skill proficiency assessments while maintaining high accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical data processing methods with AI-powered large language models that use natural language processing to analyze occupation data. This substitution enables faster, more accurate extraction of skill proficiency information from unstructured text data without requiring manual processing of each data point.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Measurement precision

If role-specific skill proficiency descriptions are generated, then relevance to specific occupations is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverole-specific accuracy of skill assessmentVSAvoidcomplexity of data processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal large language model that serves multiple functions: processing occupation data, generating skill proficiency descriptions, and adapting to different roles and industries. This multi-functional approach enables role-specific accuracy while avoiding the need for separate specialized systems for each occupation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses an intermediary layer of AI-powered natural language processing that translates between raw occupation data and structured skill proficiency descriptions. This intermediary processing layer simplifies the complexity by providing a standardized transformation process that handles role-specific requirements without requiring complex custom processing for each occupation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Adaptability or versatility

If large-scale occupation data is used, then framework remains current with job market changes, but data storage and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecurrency of skill proficiency frameworkVSAvoidvolume of occupation data
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential and relevant features from large-scale occupation data using AI-powered processing. Instead of storing and processing all raw data, the system extracts key skills, proficiency levels, and occupation characteristics, significantly reducing data volume while maintaining the framework's ability to stay current with job market changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20260050849A1Systems and methods for developing and implementing language generation and processing models for a skill proficiency framework
Publication Date: 2026.02.19 PEARSON EDUCATION INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for developing and implementing a skill proficiency framework. One system includes a processing system configured to access a skills ontology and generate skill proficiency descriptions for each skill included in the skills ontology. The processing system may be configured to generate a skill proficiency by occupation model that correlates an occupation to a skill, a respective proficiency level of the skill, and a corresponding skill proficiency description for the skill and the respective proficiency level of the skill. The processing system may be configured to provide an interactive visualization system based on the skill proficiency by occupation model.