METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPENSATING REMOTE WORKERS

• US 20140207870A1
• Filed: 01/22/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Vaya, Shailesh
• Application Number:
  US13/746,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20140207870A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method, a system, and a computer program product for compensating one or more remote workers. A first set of tasks including a first subset of tasks and second subset of tasks is published for remote workers. A set of responses including first subset of responses for the first subset of tasks and second subset of responses for the second subset of tasks is received. Short-listing a set of remote workers based on first subset of responses. Computing weight for the second subset of responses based on frequency of occurrence of second subset of responses inside the responses received from shortlisted set of remote workers. Compensating the shortlisted set of remote workers based on at least one of weight or performance on first subset of responses.

Claims

1. A method implemented on a computing device for compensating one or more remote workers, the method comprising:

publishing a first set of tasks, wherein the first set of tasks comprises a first subset of tasks and a second subset of tasks;

receiving a set of responses for the first set of tasks from the one or more remote workers, wherein the set of responses comprises a first subset of responses for the first subset of tasks and a second subset of responses for the second subset of tasks;

checking the first subset set of responses received from the one or more remote workers for the first subset of tasks;

short-listing a first set of remote workers from the one or more remote workers on the basis of the checking, wherein the checking further corresponds to a comparison between number of tasks completed correctly by the one or more remote workers from the first subset of tasks with a first predefined threshold value;

assigning a weight to the second subset of responses received from the shortlisted first set of remote workers for the second subset of tasks, wherein the weight is assigned on the basis of the frequency of occurrence of the second subset of responses in the received set of responses; and

compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers on the basis of at least one of the weight or a predefined scheme.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of tasks comprises a randomly ordered union of the first subset of tasks and the second subset of tasks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first subset of tasks corresponds to the tasks having a set of predefined responses.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein checking the first subset of responses further corresponds to calculating number of the first subset of responses matched correctly with the set of predefined solution for the one or more remote workers.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising comparing number of the shortlisted first set of remote workers with a second predefined threshold value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the comparison further corresponds to reallocate the first set of tasks to the one or more remote workers on the basis of a predefined condition.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising comparing the weight of the second subset of responses with a third predefined threshold value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein comparing the weight of the second subset of responses with the third predefined threshold value further corresponds to selection of an output response from the second subset of responses.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined scheme corresponds to compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers based on the checking.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the predefined scheme corresponds to compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers based on the number of tasks completed by the remote workers.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the predefined scheme corresponds to compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers based on a time taken by the shortlisted first set of remote workers for submitting the set of responses for the first set of tasks.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined scheme corresponds to compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers based on the weight of the second subset of responses.

13. A method implemented on a computing device for compensating one or more remote workers, the method comprising:

publishing a first set of tasks, wherein the first set of tasks comprises a first subset of tasks and a second subset of tasks;

receiving a set of responses for the first set of tasks from the one or more remote workers, wherein the set of responses comprises a first subset of responses for the first subset of tasks and a second subset of responses for the second subset of tasks;

checking the first subset set of responses received from the one or more remote workers for the first subset of tasks;

calculating a reputation score for the one or more remote workers on the basis of number of tasks attempted by the one or more remote workers from the first set of tasks and the number of tasks completed correctly by the remote workers;

short-listing a first set of remote workers from the one or more remote workers on the basis of the checking, wherein the checking further corresponds to a comparison between at least one of the number of tasks completed correctly by the one or more remote workers from the first subset of tasks with a first predefined threshold value or the reputation score of the one or more remote workers with a fourth predefined threshold value;

assigning a weight to the second subset of responses received from the shortlisted first set of remote workers for the second subset of tasks, wherein the weight is assigned on the basis of the frequency of occurrence of the second subset of responses in the received set of responses; and

compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers on the basis of the weight and a predefined scheme.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the reputation score for the one or more remote worker is updated with the number of tasks attempted by the remote workers.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the reputation score is further updated on the basis of the number of tasks incorrectly solved.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the fourth predefined threshold is decreased when number of the shortlisted first set of remote workers is less then a second predefined threshold value.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the predefined scheme corresponds to compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers based on the reputation score of the shortlisted first set of remote workers.

18. A system for compensating one or more remote workers, the system comprising:

a task generation module configured for generating a first set of tasks, wherein the first set of tasks comprises a first subset of tasks and a second subset of tasks;

a transceiver module configured for;

sending a first set of tasks to the one or more remote workers;

receiving a set of responses for the first set of tasks from the one or more remote workers, wherein the set of responses comprises a first subset of responses for the first subset of tasks and a second subset of responses for the second subset of tasks;

an analysis module configured for analyzing the received set of responses, wherein the analysis module further comprises;

a checking module configured for checking the first subset of responses received from the one or more remote workers for the first subset of tasks;

a reputation scoring module configured for computing a reputation score for the one or more remote workers on the basis of number of tasks attempted by the remote workers from the first set of tasks and the number of tasks completed correctly by the remote workers;

a comparison module configured for comparing at least one of the number of tasks completed correctly by the one or more remote workers from the first subset of tasks with a first predefined threshold value or the reputation score of the one or more remote workers with a fourth predefined threshold value;

a computing module configured for;

short-listing a first set of remote workers from the one or more remote workers on the basis of the checking and the comparison;

assigning a weight to the second subset of responses received from the shortlisted first set of remote workers for the second subset of tasks, wherein the weight is assigned on the basis of the frequency of occurrence of the second subset of responses in the received set of responses; and

a compensation module configured for compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers on the basis of the weight and a predefined scheme.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the task generation module is further configured for randomly ordering union of the first subset of tasks and second subset of tasks inside the first set of tasks.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the computing module is further configured for:

calculating the number of tasks completed correctly by the one or more remote workers from the first subset of tasks and number of the shortlisted first set of remote workers; and

selecting an output response for the second subset of tasks on the basis of the weight assigned to the second subset of responses.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the comparison module is further configured for comparing the weight of the second subset of responses with a third predefined threshold value.

22. The system of claim 18 further comprises a timer for computing the time taken by the shortlisted first set of remote workers for submitting the set of responses for the first set of tasks.

23. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer-usable data carrier storing a computer readable program code embodied therein for compensating one or more remote workers, the computer readable program code comprising:

a program instruction means for publishing a first set of tasks, wherein the first set of tasks comprises a first subset of tasks and a second subset of tasks;

a program instruction means for receiving a set of responses for the first set of tasks from the one or more remote workers, wherein the set of responses comprises a first subset of responses for the first subset of tasks and a second subset of response for the second subset of tasks;

a program instruction means for checking the first subset set of responses received from the one or more remote workers for the first subset of tasks;

a program instruction means for short-listing a first set of remote workers from the one or more remote workers on the basis of the checking, wherein the checking further corresponds to a comparison between number of tasks completed correctly by the one or more remote workers from the first subset of tasks with a first predefined threshold value;

a program instruction means for assigning a weight to the second subset of responses received from the shortlisted first set of remote workers for the second subset of tasks, wherein the weight is assigned on the basis of the frequency of occurrence of the second subset of responses in the received set of responses; and

a program instruction means for compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers on the basis of the weight and a predefined scheme.

24. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer-usable data carrier storing a computer readable program code embodied therein for compensating one or more remote workers, the computer readable program code comprising:

a program instruction means for publishing a first set of tasks, wherein the first set of tasks comprises a first subset of tasks and a second subset of tasks;

a program instruction means for receiving a set of responses for the first set of tasks from the one or more remote workers, wherein the set of responses comprises a first subset of responses for the first subset of tasks and a second subset of responses for the second subset of tasks;

a program instruction means for checking the first subset set of responses received from the one or more remote workers for the first subset of tasks;

a program instruction means for calculating a reputation score for the one or more remote workers on the basis of number of tasks attempted by the remote workers from the first set of tasks and the number of tasks completed correctly by the remote workers;

a program instruction means for short-listing a first set of remote workers from the one or more remote workers on the basis of the checking, wherein the checking further corresponds to a comparison between at least one of the number of tasks completed correctly by the one or more remote workers from the first subset of tasks with a first predefined threshold value or the reputation score of the one or more remote workers with a fourth predefined threshold value;

a program instruction means for assigning a weight to the second subset of responses received from the shortlisted first set of remote workers for the second subset of tasks, wherein the weight is assigned on the basis of the frequency of occurrence of the second subset of responses in the received set of responses; and

a program instruction means for compensating the shortlisted first set of remote workers on the basis of the weight and a predefined scheme.