METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING TASK INFORMATION TO CROWDWORKERS

• US 20150213393A1
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: O'Neill, Jacki, Roy, Shourya, Martin, David
• Application Number:
  US14/164,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20150213393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group

Abstract

Methods and systems for presenting a task information to a crowdworker. One or more tasks, performed by the crowdworker, are monitored. A historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks, performed by the crowdworker, is determined based on the monitoring. Further, a predicted task information is determined based on the historical task information. The predicted task information is utilizable by the crowdworker to select one or more future tasks. The predicted task information includes at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the crowdworker, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks. At least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information is presented to the crowdworker.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a task information to a crowdworker, the method comprising:

monitoring, by one or more processors, one or more tasks performed by the crowdworker;

determining, by the one or more processors, a historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the crowdworker, based on the monitoring;

determining, by the one or more processors, a predicted task information based on the historical task information, the predicted task information being utilizable by the crowdworker to select one or more future tasks, wherein the predicted task information comprises at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the crowdworker, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks; and

presenting, by the one or more processors, at least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information to the crowdworker.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks corresponds to at least one of a time spent by the crowdworker on the one or more tasks, a count of the one or more tasks, wages associated with the one or more tasks, types of the one or more tasks, requesters associated with the one or more tasks, or one or more crowdsourcing platforms associated with the one or more tasks.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the types of the one or more tasks include at least one of an image/video/text labelling/tagging/categorisation, language translation, data entry, handwriting recognition, product description writing, product review writing, essay writing, address look-up, website look-up, hyperlink testing, survey completion, consumer feedback, identifying/removing vulgar/illegal content, duplicate checking, problem solving, user testing, video/audio transcription, targeted photography, text/image analysis, directory compilation, or information search/retrieval.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the historical task information comprises an hourly wage earned by the crowdworker from each of the one or more crowdsourcing platforms.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving, by the one or more processors, information pertaining to a reputation of the requestors from at least one of the one or more crowdsourcing platforms, plugins, or internet rating sites.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising ranking, by the one or more processors, the requestors based on the reputation, wherein the ranking is presented to the crowdworker as the historical task information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical task information or the predicted task information is presented on a display device used by the crowdworker.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising prompting, by the one or more processors, on the display device, the crowdworker to input the historical task information manually.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, by the one or more processors, information pertaining to one or more tasks performed by a set of crowdworkers, wherein the set of crowdworkers is selectable by the crowdworker.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a trend of the predicted task information is presented to the crowdworker in a graphical form.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more target parameters from the crowdworker, wherein the target parameters correspond to at least one of a wage that the crowdworker targets to earn, a time period in which the crowdworker targets to complete the one or more available future tasks, a count of the one or more available future tasks that the crowdworker wants to attempt, or one or more types of the available future tasks that the crowdworker wants to attempt.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising providing, by the one or more processors, recommendations corresponding to the one or more available future tasks to be attempted by the crowdworker, based on the one or more target parameters and the determined predicted task information.

13. A method for transmitting a task information to one or more crowdworkers, the method comprising:

monitoring, by one or more processors, one or more tasks performed by a set of crowdworkers;

determining, by the one or more processors, a historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the set of crowdworkers, based on the monitoring;

determining, by the one or more processors, a predicted task information based on the historical task information, the predicted task information being utilizable by the one or more crowdworkers to select one or more future tasks, wherein the predicted task information comprises at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the one or more crowdworkers, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks; and

transmitting, by the one or more processors, at least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information to the one or more crowdworkers.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the set of crowdworkers corresponds to at least one of a time spent by the set of crowdworkers on the one or more tasks, a count of the one or more tasks, wages associated with the one or more tasks, types of the one or more tasks, requesters associated with the one or more tasks, or one or more crowdsourcing platforms associated with the one or more tasks.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the set of crowdworkers is selectable by the one or more crowdworkers.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising selecting, by the one or more processors, the set of crowdworkers based on contacts, of the one or more crowdworkers, on one or more social networking sites.

17. A system for presenting a task information to a crowdworker, the system comprising:

one or more processors operable to;

monitor one or more tasks performed by the crowdworker;

determine a historical task information, pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the crowdworker, based on the monitoring;

determine a predicted task information based on the historical task information, the predicted task information being utilizable by the crowdworker to select one or more future tasks, wherein the predicted task information comprises at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the crowdworker, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks; and

present at least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information to the crowdworker.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks corresponds to at least one of a time spent by the crowdworker on the one or more tasks, a count of the one or more tasks, wages associated with the one or more tasks, types of the one or more tasks, requesters associated with the one or more tasks, or one or more crowdsourcing platforms associated with the one or more tasks.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the historical task information or the predicted task information is presented on a display device used by the crowdworker.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to prompt, on the display device, the crowdworker to manually input the historical task information.

21. A system for transmitting a task information to one or more crowdworkers, the system comprising:

one or more processors operable to;

monitor one or more tasks performed by a set of crowdworkers;

determine a historical task information, pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the set of crowdworkers, based on the monitoring;

determine a predicted task information based on the historical task information, the predicted task information being utilizable by the one or more crowdworkers to select one or more future tasks, wherein the predicted task information comprises at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the one or more crowdworkers, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks; and

transmit at least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information to the one or more crowdworkers.

22. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program code for presenting a task information to a crowdworker, wherein the computer program code is executable by one or more processors to:

monitor one or more tasks performed by the crowdworker;

determine a historical task information, pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the crowdworker, based on the monitoring;

determine a predicted task information based on the historical task information, the predicted task information being utilizable by the crowdworker to select one or more future tasks, wherein the predicted task information comprises at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the crowdworker, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks; and

present at least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information to the crowdworker.

23. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program code for transmitting a task information to one or more crowdworkers, wherein the computer program code is executable by one or more processors to:

monitor one or more tasks performed by a set of crowdworkers;

determine a historical task information, pertaining to the one or more tasks performed by the set of crowdworkers, based on the monitoring;

determine a predicted task information based on the historical task information, the predicted task information being utilizable by the one or more crowdworkers to select one or more future tasks, wherein the predicted task information comprises at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the one or more crowdworkers, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks; and

transmit at least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information to the one or more crowdworkers.