MULTIPLICATIVE INCENTIVE MECHANISMS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- under control of one or more computing devices;
causing a user interface to be served that includes;
instructions to complete a task, the task including a plurality of task items; and
one or more rules that indicate to a worker that a payment associated with the task is to be calculated;
receiving information associated with individual task items of the plurality of task items from the worker via the user interface; and
calculating the payment based on the received information and according to the one or more rules, wherein the payment is determined based at least in part on a multiplicative payment component.
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Abstract
A user interface may include instructions to complete a task (including a plurality of task items) and rule(s) that indicate to a worker how a payment associated with the task is to be calculated. The worker may provide information associated with the individual task items via the user interface. The payment may be calculated based on the rule(s), where the payment is determined based at least in part on a multiplicative payment component. In some implementations, the user interface may include an option for the worker to skip question(s), and the worker may be incentivized to skip question(s) when the worker does not know the answer. Further, in some implementations, the user interface may allow the worker to specify a confidence value when the worker chooses to answer the question, and the worker may be incentivized to provide an accurate confidence value.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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under control of one or more computing devices; causing a user interface to be served that includes; instructions to complete a task, the task including a plurality of task items; and one or more rules that indicate to a worker that a payment associated with the task is to be calculated; receiving information associated with individual task items of the plurality of task items from the worker via the user interface; and calculating the payment based on the received information and according to the one or more rules, wherein the payment is determined based at least in part on a multiplicative payment component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing system comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more computer readable media maintaining instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising; generating a user interface that includes; instructions to complete a task, the task including a plurality of questions; at least a first selectable answer and a second selectable answer for individual questions of the plurality of questions; and one or more rules that indicate that; a correct answer to at least one question of the plurality of questions is known; and a multiplicative payment component of a payment associated with the task is to be calculated based at least in part on one or more multiplicative factors and whether a worker responded to the at least one question with the known correct answer; and calculating the payment based at least in part on responses to the individual questions and the one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. One or more computer-readable media maintaining instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
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generating a user interface that includes; instructions to complete a task, the task including a plurality of task items; and one or more rules that indicate that a payment associated with the task is to be calculated according to a multiplicative payment function; receiving information associated with individual task items of the plurality of task items via the user interface; and calculating the payment based on the one or more rules, wherein the payment is determined based at least in part on the multiplicative payment function. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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