ACTIONABLE VERIFIABLE MICRO-CROWD SOURCING
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Abstract
Today crowdsourcing consists of activities which may involve large numbers of individuals but there is no social aspect to the crowdsourcing activities and poor visibility of the crowdsourced results by others. Embodiments of the invention provide an online portal supporting both mobile and non-mobile users with social media and social network visibility of the crowdsourcing being undertaken/requested by others. Such crowdsourcing may also be inventivised by either the generator of the crowdsourced microactions or third parties who are independent of the generator and executer of the crowdsourced activity. Beneficially, the crowdsourcing portal leverages acquiring multimedia content or a user'"'"'s geolocation in mobile environments to provide part of the completion process for a crowdsourced activity. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide for these features within a crowd sourcing portal and provide users with a rich environment within which to create, manage, track, complete and promote crowdsourcing activities.
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5. A method comprising:
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generating within a network based software application at least one of an action and a task for completion, the generation being by a first user; receiving within the network based software application feedback from a predetermined subset of a plurality of users relating to the at least one of an action and a task;
whereinthe predetermined subset of a plurality of users are registered members of the network based software application; a first portion of the predetermined subset of a plurality of users complete the at least one of an action and a task; a second portion of the predetermined subset of a plurality of users do not complete the at least one of an action and a task; and the completion of the at least one of an action and a task by each user of the first portion of the predetermined subset of a plurality of users comprises providing to the network based software application verification data generated by at least one of the user of the first portion of the predetermined subset of a plurality of users and by an independent individual during the user of the first portion of the predetermined subset of a plurality of users completion of the at least one of an action and a task. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 9)
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10. A method of validating a user comprising:
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receiving a registration of the user via a network based software application comprising at least one social association of a plurality of social associations; tracking the activity of the user via the network based software application with respect to their completion of or participation within a microaction of a plurality of microactions established within the network based software application by either the user or other users; determining whether the activity of the user was valid by verifying the completion of or participation within the microaction of the plurality of microactions via the web based network application; adjusting a ranking associated with the user in dependence upon the determination; rewarding the verified user'"'"'s completed microaction within a gaming system comprising points, badges and levels and providing the verified user with at least one of a reward and a gift from at least one of another user and an entity, wherein the at least one of a reward and a gift is determined in dependence upon the type of action performed; and validating the user to other users of the network based software application or to other social media platforms and network based software services upon the user'"'"'s ranking meeting a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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a registration engine in execution upon a first computer server comprising a microprocessor and a network interface coupled to a computer network, the registration engine for receiving a registration of the user via the computer network comprising at least one social association of a plurality of social associations; a tracking engine in execution upon a second computer server comprising a microprocessor and a network interface coupled to the computer network, wherein the tracking engine tracks the activity of the user with respect to their completion of or participation within a microaction of a plurality of microactions established within the network based software application by either the user or other users; a verification engine in execution upon a third computer server comprising a microprocessor and a network interface coupled to the computer network, the verification engine for determining whether the activity of the user was valid by verifying the completion of or participation within the microaction of the plurality of microactions via the web based network application which includes a peer-to-peer verification system; a user profile engine in execution upon a fourth computer server comprising a microprocessor and a network interface coupled to the computer network, the user profile engine for at least; adjusting a ranking associated with the user in dependence upon the determination; and validating the user to other users of the network based software application upon the user'"'"'s ranking meeting a predetermined threshold; and a reward engine in execution upon a fifth computer server comprising a microprocessor and a network interface coupled to the computer network, the reward engine for at least one of; providing a user whose completion of or participation within the microaction of the plurality of microactions has been verified with a predetermined number of verified user points relating to a gaming system; providing a user whose completion of or participation within the microaction of the plurality of microactions has been verified with at least one of a reward and a gift from at least one of another user and an entity wherein the at least one of a reward and a gift is determined in dependence upon at least the type of action performed during completion of or participation within the microaction of the plurality of microactions; providing a user in conjunction with a notification relating to a new microaction of the plurality of microactions that there is at least one of a reward and a gift associated with the new microaction of the plurality of microactions. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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