System and Method of Facilitating Dynamic Price Adjustment
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating dynamic price adjustment, comprising:
- a computer posting a work order comprising a first quantity of tasks available for work at a first price per task and a completion deadline for the first quantity of tasks;
the computer receiving a claim of the work order from a first job seeker device, the claim comprising an offer to fulfill the work order as posted;
the computer accepting the offer and instructing the first job seeker device to begin work on the work order;
the computer determining, at a first time prior to the completion deadline, a first actual job completion velocity of the work order comprising a number of tasks of the first quantity completed at the first time compared to the first quantity; and
the computer adjusting at least one of the first price per task and the completion deadline based on a comparison of the first actual job completion velocity with an expected job completion velocity at the first time.
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Abstract
A method is provided comprising a computer posting a work order comprising a first quantity of tasks available for work at a first price per task and a completion deadline for the first quantity of tasks. The computer receives a claim of the order from a first job seeker device, the claim comprising an offer to fulfill the order. The computer accepts the offer and instructs the device to begin work. The computer determines, at a first time before the deadline, a first actual job completion velocity of the order comprising a number of tasks of the first quantity completed at the first time compared to the first quantity. The computer adjusts at least one of the first price per task and the deadline based on comparison at the first time of the first actual and expected completion velocities for that time.
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1. A method of facilitating dynamic price adjustment, comprising:
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a computer posting a work order comprising a first quantity of tasks available for work at a first price per task and a completion deadline for the first quantity of tasks; the computer receiving a claim of the work order from a first job seeker device, the claim comprising an offer to fulfill the work order as posted; the computer accepting the offer and instructing the first job seeker device to begin work on the work order; the computer determining, at a first time prior to the completion deadline, a first actual job completion velocity of the work order comprising a number of tasks of the first quantity completed at the first time compared to the first quantity; and the computer adjusting at least one of the first price per task and the completion deadline based on a comparison of the first actual job completion velocity with an expected job completion velocity at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A dynamic price adjustment system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory; and a dynamic price adjustment application stored in the memory that, when executed on the processor; posts a work order comprising a first quantity of tasks available for work at a first price per task and a completion deadline for the first quantity of tasks, receives a claim of the work order from a first job seeker device, the claim comprising an offer to fulfill the work order as posted, accepts the offer and instructs the first job seeker device to begin work on the work order, determines, at a first time prior to the completion deadline, a job completion velocity of the work order comprising a number of tasks of the first quantity completed at the first time compared to the first quantity, and adjusts at least one of the first price per task and the completion deadline based on a comparison of the determined job completion velocity with an expected job completion velocity at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device for facilitating dynamic price adjustment, the program comprising:
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a program code for posting a work order comprising a first quantity of tasks available for work at a first price per task and a completion deadline for the first quantity of tasks; a program code for receiving a claim of the work order from a first job seeker device, the claim comprising an offer to fulfill the work order as posted; a program code for accepting the offer and instructing the first job seeker device to begin work on the work order; a program code for determining, at a first time prior to the completion deadline, a job completion velocity of the work order comprising a number of tasks of the first quantity completed at the first time compared to the first quantity; and a program code for adjusting at least one of the first price per task and the completion deadline based on a comparison of the determined job completion velocity with an expected job completion velocity at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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