MANAGING CROWDSOURCING ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. A method to manage web-based crowdsourcing of tasks to an unrelated group of workers, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor on an information processing system from at least one customer associated with a task to be crowdsourced, an information set associated with the task, wherein the information set comprises at least;
a description of the task;
a reward to be provided for completion of the task; and
at least one adjudication rule for accepting a task result provided by workers participating in the task;
creating at least one advertising campaign for the task based on the information set;
publishing the advertising campaign for access by a set of one or more worker systems, wherein each of the one or more worker systems is used by at least one worker; and
repeating each of the following until the adjudication rule is satisfied;
receiving at least one task result associated with the task from at least one of the set of one or more of the worker systems; and
comparing the task result against the adjudication rule, wherein at least one of the above.
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Abstract
One or more embodiments manage web-based crowdsourcing of tasks to an unrelated group of workers. An information set associated with a task to be crowdsourced is received from at least one customer that is associated with the task. This information set comprises at least a description of the task, a reward to be provided for completion of the task, and at least one adjudication rule for accepting a task result. At least one advertising campaign for the task is created based on the information set. The advertising campaign is published for access by a set of one or more worker systems. At least one task result associated with the task is received from at least one of the set of one or more of the worker systems. The task result is compared against the rule. Task results are received and compared to the adjudication rule until the rule is satisfied.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to manage web-based crowdsourcing of tasks to an unrelated group of workers, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor on an information processing system from at least one customer associated with a task to be crowdsourced, an information set associated with the task, wherein the information set comprises at least; a description of the task; a reward to be provided for completion of the task; and at least one adjudication rule for accepting a task result provided by workers participating in the task; creating at least one advertising campaign for the task based on the information set; publishing the advertising campaign for access by a set of one or more worker systems, wherein each of the one or more worker systems is used by at least one worker; and repeating each of the following until the adjudication rule is satisfied; receiving at least one task result associated with the task from at least one of the set of one or more of the worker systems; and comparing the task result against the adjudication rule, wherein at least one of the above. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information processing system configured to manage web-based crowdsourcing of tasks to an unrelated group of workers, the information processing system comprising:
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a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a crowdsourcing manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the crowdsourcing manager is configured to perform a method comprising; receiving, from at least one customer associated with a task to be crowdsourced, an information set associated with the task, wherein the information set comprises at least; a description of the task; a reward to be provided for completion of the task; and at least one adjudication rule for accepting a task result provided by workers participating in the task; creating at least one advertising campaign for the task based on the information set; publishing the advertising campaign for access by a set of one or more worker systems, wherein each of the one or more worker systems is used by at least one worker; and repeating each of the following until the adjudication rule is satisfied; receiving at least one task result associated with the task from at least one of the set of one or more of the worker systems; and comparing the task result against the adjudication rule. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product configured to managing web-based crowdsourcing of tasks to an unrelated group of workers, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method, wherein the method comprises; receiving, from at least one customer associated with a task to be crowdsourced, an information set associated with the task, wherein the information set comprises at least; a description of the task; a reward to be provided for completion of the task; and at least one adjudication rule for accepting a task result provided by workers participating in the task; creating at least one advertising campaign for the task based on the information set; publishing the advertising campaign for access by a set of one or more worker systems, wherein each of the one or more worker systems is used by at least one worker; and repeating each of the following until the adjudication rule is satisfied; receiving at least one task result associated with the task from at least one of the set of one or more of the worker systems; and comparing the task result against the adjudication rule. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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