METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING TASKS

• US 20150142502A1
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Vaya, Shailesh, Srinivasan, Akshayaram, Reddy K, Sai Praneeth
• Granted Patent: US 9,842,307 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work

Abstract

Methods and systems for creating one or more tasks. One or more electronic documents are clustered in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents. Each electronic document of each of the one or more first groups is partitioned into one or more partitions. Each of the one or more partitions is assigned an area identification number. The one or more tasks are created such that each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number.

Claims

1. A method for creating one or more tasks, the method comprising:

clustering, by one or more processors, one or more electronic documents in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents;

for each group in the one or more first groups;

partitioning, by the one or more processors, each electronic document into one or more partitions;

assigning, by the one or more processors, an area identification number to each of the one or more partitions; and

creating, by the one or more processors, the one or more tasks, wherein each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating, by the one or more processors, one or more second groups from each of the one or more first groups.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising permuting, by the one or more processors, the one or more partitions in the one or more tasks.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising uploading, by the one or more processors, the one or more tasks to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourcing platform offers the one or more tasks to one or more crowdworkers.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising assigning, by the one or more processors, a post-processed identification field to each partition of the one or more partitions, wherein the post-processed identification field is used by the one or more crowdworkers to identify the one or more partitions.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the post-processed identification field is obtained by applying a trapdoor function on a pre-processed identification field.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the area identification number is included in the pre-processed identification field.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more electronic documents are obtained by scanning one or more documents, wherein the one or more documents include handwritten text.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the one or more documents corresponds to an insurance form.

10. A method for creating one or more tasks, the method comprising:

clustering, by one or more processors, one or more electronic documents in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents;

generating, by the one or more processors, one or more second groups from each of the one or more first groups;

for each group in the one or more second groups;

partitioning, by the one or more processors, each electronic document into one or more partitions;

assigning, by the one or more processors, an area identification number to each of the one or more partitions;

creating, by the one or more processors, the one or more tasks, wherein each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number;

permuting, by the one or more processors, the one or more partitions in the one or more tasks; and

uploading, by the one or more processors, the one or more tasks to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourcing platform offers the one or more tasks to one or more crowdworkers.

11. A system for creating one or more tasks, the system comprising:

one or more processors operable to;

cluster one or more electronic documents in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents;

for each group in the one or more first groups;

partition each electronic document into one or more partitions;

assign an area identification number to each of the one or more partitions; and

create the one or more tasks, wherein each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to generate one or more second groups from each of the one or more first groups.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to permute the one or more partitions in the one or more tasks.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to upload the one or more tasks to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourcing platform offers the one or more tasks to one or more crowdworkers.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to assign a post-processed identification field to each partition of the one or more partitions, wherein the post-processed identification field is used by the one or more crowdworkers to identify the one or more partitions.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the post-processed identification field is obtained by applying a trapdoor function on a pre-processed identification field.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the area identification number is included in the pre-processed identification field.

18. A system for creating one or more tasks, the system comprising:

one or more processors operable to;

cluster one or more electronic documents in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents;

generate one or more second groups from each of the one or more first groups;

for each group in the one or more second groups;

partition each electronic document into one or more partitions;

assign an area identification number to each of the one or more partitions;

create the one or more tasks, wherein each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number;

permute the one or more partitions in the one or more tasks; and

upload the one or more tasks to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourcing platform offers the one or more tasks to one or more crowdworkers.

19. 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 creating one or more tasks, wherein the computer program code is executable by one or more processors to:

cluster one or more electronic documents in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents;

for each group in the one or more first groups;

partition each electronic document into one or more partitions;

assign an area identification number to each of the one or more partitions; and

create the one or more tasks, wherein each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number.

20. 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 creating one or more tasks, wherein the computer program code is executable by one or more processors to:

cluster one or more electronic documents in one or more first groups based on a similarity of handwriting in the one or more electronic documents;

generate one or more second groups from each of the one or more first groups;

for each group in the one or more second groups;

partition each electronic document into one or more partitions;

assign an area identification number to each of the one or more partitions;

create the one or more tasks, wherein each task of the one or more tasks includes a partition, from each electronic document of the one or more electronic documents, having same area identification number;

permute the one or more partitions in the one or more tasks; and

upload the one or more tasks to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourcing platform offers the one or more tasks to one or more crowdworkers.