Enhanced crowdsourced search and locate platform
US10176194B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/103
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A crowdsourced search and locate platform has been developed and put into practice. A plurality of geospatial images of a geographical region of interest are presented to a plurality of participants in an internet mediated crowdsourcing campaign for the purpose of identifying and tagging specific features of interest to the campaign administrator. An algorithm of the invention, CrowdRank, monitors the identification accuracy of the participants both absolute and compared to other participants calculating a score used to weight each identification made by that user. CrowdRank also chooses images to maximize campaign efficiency and calculates the confidence level of each feature identification.
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