METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING A TASK TO BE PROCESSED BY A CROWDSOURCING PLATFORM

• US 20120088220A1
• Filed: 10/09/2010
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thryv, Inc. (Mudrick Capital Management LP)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zajac, Remi, Feng, Donghui, Besana, Sveva, Retzer, Clarke, Winkelspecht, Micah
• Granted Patent: US 8,794,971 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

A method and system for applying a task to a crowdsourcing platform for processing are disclosed. For example, a method forwards the task having a question to the crowdsourcing platform, and receives a plurality of answers to the question, wherein the plurality of answers is provided by a plurality of workers associated with the crowdsourcing platform. The method analyzes the plurality of answers on a per-worker basis to determine an adjustment, and applies the adjustment to the plurality of answers.

Claims

1. A method for applying a task to a crowdsourcing platform for processing, comprising:

forwarding the task having a question to the crowdsourcing platform;

receiving a plurality of answers to the question, wherein the plurality of answers is provided by a plurality of workers associated with the crowdsourcing platform;

analyzing the plurality of answers on a per-worker basis to determine an adjustment; and

applying the adjustment to the plurality of answers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjustment comprises discarding an answer from the plurality of answers for a particular worker of the plurality of workers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjustment comprises weighting an answer from the plurality of answers for a particular worker of the plurality of workers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing is based on a consensus of an answer of a particular worker as compared to answers of other workers of the plurality of workers.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying a reputation rating of a particular worker of the plurality of workers based on the analyzing.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying a payment adjustment to a particular worker of the plurality of workers based on the analyzing.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the payment adjustment comprises an increased payment to be provided to the particular worker.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the payment adjustment comprises a decreased payment to be provided to the particular worker.

9. A method for applying a task to a crowdsourcing platform for processing, comprising:

forwarding the task having a first question to the crowdsourcing platform;

receiving a plurality of answers to the first question, wherein the plurality of answers is provided by a plurality of workers associated with the crowdsourcing platform;

analyzing the plurality of answers on a per-question basis to determine an adjustment; and

applying the adjustment to the first question.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the analyzing comprises:

calculating an entropy for the first question based upon a distribution of the answers to the first question.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjustment comprises:

discarding the first question if the entropy is indicative of a high entropy.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the adjustment comprises:

modifying a weighting factor associated with the first question.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the task comprises a plurality of questions including the first question, wherein the task is for calculating a composite solution based on a plurality of answers to the plurality of questions, and wherein each of the plurality of questions has a respective weighting factor in calculating the composite solution.

14. A method for applying a task to a crowdsourcing platform for processing, comprising:

forwarding the task having a first question to the crowdsourcing platform;

receiving a plurality of answers to the first question, wherein the plurality of answers is provided by a plurality of workers associated with the crowdsourcing platform;

analyzing the plurality of answers on a per-worker basis to determine a first adjustment;

applying the first adjustment to the plurality of answers;

analyzing the plurality of answers on a per-question basis to determine a second adjustment; and

applying the second adjustment to the first question.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first adjustment comprises discarding an answer from the plurality of answers for a particular worker of the plurality of workers.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first adjustment comprises weighting an answer from the plurality of answers for a particular worker of the plurality of workers.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the analyzing the plurality of answers on the per-worker basis is based on a consensus of an answer of a particular worker as compared to answers of other workers of the plurality of workers.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

modifying a reputation rating of a particular worker of the plurality of workers based on the analyzing.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

applying a payment adjustment to a particular worker of the plurality of workers based on the analyzing the plurality of answers on the per-worker basis.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the analyzing the plurality of answers on the per-question basis comprises:

calculating an entropy for the first question based upon a distribution of the answers to the first question.